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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. While the 1918 flu epidemic did adversely impact life expectancy,

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Apr 16, 2021, 12:03 PM

Apr 2021

it recovered in about two years.

Here's an amazing interactive site: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy

You can change the years shown my moving the year thing at the bottom. You can also click on Add Country towards the top and look at the countries you are interested in. It's fascinating to look at different countries over time. For instance, France seems to have been especially hard hit by the 1918 flu, and again by WWII. WWI didn't do it any favors, either.

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