claim: la pandemia di spagnola fu causata dal vaccino? ma per favore! il primo anti-influenzale arriva solo nel 1936
summary: the rumor spread, in italy and abroad, that the fact that during the great war for the first time all soldiers were vaccinated (which is untrue, it was not the first time) actually caused the spanish flu in 1918 (also untrue), suggesting a potential similarity with the coronavirus epidemic (implying it could either be caused or worsened by vaccines)
subject_description: claims that the spanish flu epidemic in 1918 was actually caused by vaccines, implying that so is the current one
Motive_Description: spread distrust towards vaccines and pharmaceutical companies, by claiming that already in the past an epidemic was caused by vaccines
author_description: general public
keywords: coronavirus, spanish flu, influenza, vaccine, soldiers, war