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English, 16.01.2021 02:10, Cobetate

Read the passage from When Birds Get the Flu by John DiConsiglio. The Spanish flu would kill between 40 and 50 million people—more people than were killed in the war. The pandemic affected everyone—and spread everywhere. Outbreaks swept through North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Brazil, and the South Pacific. At one point, one-fifth of the entire globe was infected.

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