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If World War One ended earlier -- probably in 1917, perhaps without American entrance -- would the "Spanish" influenza epidemic have been nearly as severe, particularly in Europe, without the breeding grounds of the trenches and the spreading of the travelling soldiers?

The second wave of the flu, starting in August, is suggested to be linked to the conditions of the war: if the soldiers had already been retiring from their trenches and returning home, would it have managed the second mutation and would the death toll have been as high was it was?
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