THE WASHINGTON POST – 05/04/2020
Louisa Loveluck, Robyn Dixon and Adam Taylor
When a flu-like virus tore through the world, killing tens of millions and infecting far more, the papers in Europe told readers of “Spanish flu.” King Alfonso XIII of Spain was one of many stricken, they reported in 1918. What they didn’t say was that their own populations were being decimated, too.