Spotted! One of Nature's Rarest Microbes

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Sources:

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/basics/faq.html

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/how-they-work.html

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/types.htm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-019-0143-6

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/viruses/human-serology.html