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What was the short term impact of the Spanish Flu on society?

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killed about 2.7% of the worlds population, less people working, economy went down.

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If we rely on the estimate of 50 million deaths published by johnson and mueller,it implies that the spanish flu killes 2.7% of the world population.By the end of 1918 some 83% of those ever reported to be ill to the medical authorities.

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