John M. Barry (b. 1947[1]) is an American author and historian, perhaps best known for his award-winning books on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the influenza pandemic of 1918, and the development of the modern form of the ideas of separation of church and state and individual liberty. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Barry
In the United States, the disease was first observed in Haskell County, Kansas, in January 1918, prompting local doctor Loring Miner to warn the U.S. Public Health Service's academic journal.
On 4 March 1918, company cook Albert Gitchell reported sick at Fort Riley, Kansas. By noon on 11 March 1918, over 100 soldiers were in the hospital.[31] Within days, 522 men at the camp had reported sick.[32] By 11 March 1918 the virus had reached Queens, New York.[33] Failure to take preventative measures in March/April was later criticised.[5]
