Photo from the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic, “wear a mask or go to jail”. The Spanish flu did not originate in Spain despite its name. It’s called the Spanish Flu as this is where the first reports of the deadly outbreak came from. During WW1, Spain was somewhat neutral and was one of the only countries who’s media wasn’t heavily censored. This led to everyone thinking that Spain was ground zero as this is where most of the reports came from.















