![]() She also demonstrates that while the flu was named after Spain, it could not have emerged from that country. Laura Spinney’s research shows three possible spaces from where the H1N1 virus could have emerged: Shansi (Shanxi) in China, Kansas in the United States or Etaples in France. ![]() This excellently researched book often reads like a detective thriller as the author retrospectively attempts to trace the origin of the influenza virus. Pale Rider cites estimates that up to 100 million people died between 19 when the world was ravaged by the deadly influenza virus which struck in three waves (of which the second was the deadliest), meaning that the Spanish flu had the highest death toll for any pandemic in recorded history. Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World (Public Affairs, 2017). A British journalist currently based in Paris, she is also the author of Pinney is a reputed science journalist who has written for a wide range of publications, including ![]()
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