CV and mad panic behaviour

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Many believe it was in Kansas ... but safe to say that with next to no commercial passenger air travel, many many millions more would have died. 

Apparently reporting of “Spanish” flu was suppressed by the warring nations.  As Spain wasn’t involved in the war, its media was free to report anything.

While there was no air travel, tens of thousands of military personnel were transported to and from the war.  Returning servicemen brought the virus to Australia.