Its been accepted that it was called the Spanish flu
by wearendhockey (2020-04-10 12:21:27)

In reply to: I wonder if those same people in the media have a problem  posted by JACC1203


because there were no restraints placed on the Spanish press to discuss the extent of the pandemic. While the press was silent here and in many other corners of the world, the Spanish newspapers could and did report on the extent of it, hence the term "Spanish Flu."