Holly said that the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 started at an army base in Kansas, that it went out from there & killed 50M people around the world. According to several online sources (Wikipedia, National Geographics, etc.), there is no single point of origin that has been proven. There have been three likely areas where it could have begun: France & the UK, Canada as Chinese labourers were sent there in sealed boxcars to make their way to Europe, and the United States due to an outbreak at an Army camp (Fort Riley) in Kansas in March, 1918 where over 500 men contracted the virus, killing 48. It got its name due to the false reporting of Spain being decimated by the virus.