Death and the 'Spanish Lady': Suicide in Pandemic TimesDr. Rebecca Wynter, Dr. Rob Ellis and Dr. Rob Light, University of Birmingham, 11/16/2020
In 1918-19, the 'Spanish Flu', (or Spanish Lady'), is estimated to have killed over 50M people. What is less well-known is that many others succumbed to its effects on mental wellbeing and died by suicide as a result.