The cloth was a way to try to prevent catching the virus from those believed to have it. “You would breathe in the eucalyptus,” said Westcott. “It was just a handkerchief that we had in our pockets.” The Spanish Flu was first identified in 1918 and it caused the deadliest pandemic of the 20th century.

It’s estimated 500 million people — about one-third of the world population at the time — became infected with the strain of H1N1 virus, and at least 50 million

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