Britain's Endless Troubles

The American Great Flu had arrived in this world amid mystery, and likewise vanished from it amid mystery. As time entered 1920, reports of new infections had become rare in newspapers across the world. Even the numbers of known patients and daily deaths were steadily declining.

By March 1920, aside from a small number of regions, the number of influenza infections in most countries had basically fallen to zero.

That did not mean these patients had died. Quite the opposite—they had safely survived the flu and become its final batch of victims.

For a time, the end of the flu became a hotly discussed topic among the people of Europe and countries around the world. Even in Spain, which had not suffered greatly from the flu's ravages, the public eagerly discussed the news of its end.

There was no helping it. The impact this flu had brought to Europe was simply too great. Before its outbreak, people never carried masks when they went out, nor did their daily lives keep company with pungent disinfectant.

Now that this torturous life could finally end, most people could hardly wait to return to how things had been before the flu—to breathe fresh air without restraint, rather than smell pungent disinfectant through a mask.

At the beginning of 1920, Spain officially opened all entry and exit ports and resumed all immigration channels. On March 19, public places in cities across Spain reopened. Aside from the continued need for daily disinfection and mask-wearing, people's lives seemed to have returned to how they had been before the flu.

After fully confirming that the flu had ended, the Spanish government finally lifted all restrictions as well, allowing people to use public transportation without wearing masks.

This also meant that people's lives had officially returned to their pre-flu