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Eastern North Carolina and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic

East Carolina University’s Laupus Health Science Library archivist Layne Carpenter will present about the Spanish Flu in Eastern North Carolina. As the Great War came to an end in the fall of 1918, a lethal disease spread across the globe. By the time the epidemic concluded in March 1919, more people died from the “Spanish” Influenza than died in the war, including an estimated 13,000 North Carolinians. This lecture will explore the deadly influenza virus strain and its rampage throughout the eastern counties of North Carolina. The impact on eastern North Carolina society, medical care, and public health will also be explored by examining primary sources from the period. This topic of study is especially relevant during the Covid-19 era.