Because it happened right after the first world war.
Thins tend to be overshadowed if something even more important happens right before it.

Ignorance: admonishing others for not knowing what you just learned of.

>>1278155
I've known about it forever, thank you, but the fact it killed literally twice the number that died in WWI you'd think that would warrant more than the footnote it normally gets in works on this period.

What the fuck must people have been thinking in 1918
The war just ended, killing millions upon millions of people, and then a fucking superplague comes out of no where and kills 50 Million more people
If that were in a fantasy novel society would've collapsed and we would've reverted to primitive civilization, I can't believe the world hung on at that moment

>>1278242
One funny thing about it is that the plague actually started in the American Midwest, it was called Spanish Influenza" because Spain was one of the only countries that allowed their press to report about it honestly, instead of covering up the death toll for the sake of preserving the public's wartime morale.
That sort of deception would NOT fly today.

>>1278171
It killed 3-5% of the world's population, much better than a let of stuff before it really.
The Babonic plague killed 25-60% if Europe's population and happened right after a great famine.

>overshadowed by WWI
>not a man-made tragedy, but a natural one. WWI was the most destructive conflict in the history of mankind up until that point. Having a flu kill millions of people - while sad - isn't nearly as poignant on the human condition.
>didn't really alter society as much as say, the black death did

It's talked about in epidemiology classes and the like.

>>1278283
I feel like the governments kinda had to do that, if they didn't there would be anarchy as people struggled to understand why so many people were dying at that time, if must've looked like the end times

>>1278138
Probably the entire world collectively blanking it out

>>1278155
Improve your reading comprehension, idiot.

>>1278283
>that sort of deception would NOT fly today
it's actually really cute you believe that good for you

>>1278138
It doesn't have any political implications and can't be used as an arguing point for a political stance of any sort.