claim: In Alaska, already, researchers have discovered remnants of the 1918 flu that infected as many as 500 million and killed as many as 100 million”
evidences.evidence_id: Spanish flu:1
evidences.article: Spanish flu
evidences.evidence: It infected 500 million people around the world, or about 27% of the then world population of about 1.8 billion, including people on remote Pacific islands and in the Arctic.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Spanish flu:2
evidences.article: Spanish flu
evidences.evidence: The death toll is estimated to have been 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million (about 3 to 6 percent of Earth's population at the time), making it one of the deadliest epidemics in human history.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Spanish flu:315
evidences.article: Spanish flu
evidences.evidence: "1918 Flu Pandemic That Killed 50 Million Originated in China, Historians Say".
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Spanish flu:56
evidences.article: Spanish flu
evidences.evidence: Older estimates say it killed 40–50 million people, while current estimates put the death toll at probably 50 million (less than 3% of the global population), and possibly as high as 100 million (more than 5%).
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Spanish flu:69
evidences.article: Spanish flu
evidences.evidence: In the U.S., about 28% of the population of 105 million became infected, and 500,000 to 675,000 died (0.48 to 0.64 percent of the population).
evidences.votes: REFUTES SUPPORTS