Spanish flu should be renamed as Kansas flu
Spanish flu should be renamed correctly as Kansas flu estimated to have killed up to 100 million in 1918-1920.
It is important no one should point fingers at any country at present the origin of the coronavirus.
Historian Alfred W. Crosby stated in 2003 that the flu originated in Kansas, and popular author John M. Barry described a January 1918 outbreak in Haskell County, Kansas.
Source - Wikipedia
The pandemic likely acquired this nickname because of World War I, which was in full swing at the time.
The major countries involved in the war were keen to avoid encouraging their enemies, so reports of the extent of the flu were suppressed in Germany, Austria, France, the United Kingdom and the U.S. By contrast, neutral Spain had no need to keep the flu under wraps.
That created the false impression that Spain was bearing the brunt of the disease.
Source: The Conversation
