It once perplexed me to learn that in 1918 the Spanish flu remained largely unreported. Public health officials and politicians underplayed the severity of the 1918 pandemic to preserve public order and to avoid panic. As a result there was less coverage in the press in a bid to keep morale high in the countries fighting in the First World War. It was named the Spanish flu, not … [Read more...] about Dateline Covid capital of Scotland