February 4 2025 Spanish Flu. Spain's prime minister pedro sanchez speaks during an event marking the 50th anniversary of spanish democracy, following the death of dictator francisco franco in 1975, at the reina sofia. To make sense of the fact life expectancy declined so abruptly, one has to keep in mind what it measures.

Using fixed and frozen lung tissue of 1918 influenza victims, the complete. Flu in spain already reached epidemic proportions and expected to peak and jam hospital emergency rooms in next two to three weeks.