“The 1918 flu pandemic became known as the “Spanish flu” because wartime censors minimized reports of the illness while the Spanish press did not”
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Claim dated 20 Mar 2020.
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Unbelievable Facts made this claim around 20 March 2020. USA TODAY (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 March 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “True”.
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