in the 1920's there was an epidemic of the spanish flu. you can even find old newspaper comics printed at the time of people complaining of having to wear facial coverings. what was labled the spanish flu was a world wide epidemic similar to covid.

I think you are confusing several different factoids. The 1918 pandemic, known as "Spanish flu" was indeed influenza A/H1N1. That A/H1N1 pandemic ended 39 years later in 1957.

The same A/H1N1 strain was reintroduced in 1977 due to a lab leak, causing another pandemic from 1977-2009 before it was replaced by a zoonotic A/H1N1 strain. The 2009 A/H1N1 pandemic continues today.

thank you for correcting me. i just vaguely remember my high school history teacher for ap us history had explained it that way. lincoln high school in tacoma,wa back in the late 90's