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Detailed explanation-1: -The Spanish flu was a pandemic - a new influenza A virus that spread easily and infected people throughout the world. Because the virus was new, very few people, if any, had some immunity to the disease. From 1918 to 1919, the Spanish flu infected an estimated 500 million people globally.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was called the Spanish Flu not because the pandemic started in Spain. Spain was neutral in WWI and their news media extensively covered the pandemic.

Detailed explanation-3: -Victims of the 1918 influenza mostly died from secondary bacterial pneumonia, while victims of COVID-19 mostly died from an overactive immune response resulting in organ failure.