Saturday, September 6, 2025

Which U.S. Slaughterhouse of pigs caused the Spanish Flu that killed 50 million people here on earth?

I'm not sure whether I believe this or not because I found online that the location of the pig Virus was located several years ago or even at the time then in maybe 1918. Also, Trump's Grandfather was one of the first people to die of Spanish Flu then in New York City I believe. 

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There is no evidence that a specific pig slaughterhouse in the U.S. caused the 1918 Spanish flu
. The pandemic's exact origin is still debated, but the earliest documented cases in the U.S. came from a different setting. 
Here is information about the Spanish flu's origins:
  • Likely start in Kansas: The first documented U.S. case was reported in Haskell County, Kansas, in early 1918. The disease then spread rapidly from nearby Camp Funston, a major military training facility. The cramped and unsanitary conditions in the army camp, not a commercial slaughterhouse, are believed to have helped the virus spread.
  • Swine flu association: The 1918 influenza virus infected both humans and pigs. However, the virus was likely transmitted from humans to pigs, not the other way around.
  • No specific slaughterhouse identified: Some historical analysis mentioned the high concentration of hogs in Kansas City. This was part of a broader discussion about livestock populations but was not directly linked to the pandemic's origin.
  • Misleading name: The "Spanish flu" did not originate in Spain. Spain was a neutral country during World War I and did not censor its press, so it was the first to widely report on the disease, creating a false impression of its origin. 

The myth of a single slaughterhouse causing the pandemic may be confused with the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic. For a time, some controversially linked it to swine farms in Mexico. 
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