Ky Luong
Professor Keville
History 102
3 November 2016
Influenza Epidemic in 1918
Since the day the flu vaccines were invented, people tend to consider flu as a trivial
sickness. Currently, influenza has become a very common sickness in America. The short movie
Influenza Epidemic in 1918 is a reminder for everyone of us how the flu used to once kill more
people than World War I. I believe not everyone get to know the darkest side of America in that
period, which was described as one of the worst events of American history- the influenza
epidemic. This movie gives me a chance to understand clearly another perspective of American
