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- Dr. Deborah Birx, a top official handling the United States' coronavirus response, on Wednesday told the tragic story of her great-grandmother dying from Spanish flu as she implored Americans to social distance.
- "My grandmother, for 88 years, lived with the fact that she was the one at age 11 who brought home flu...when her mother had just delivered. And her mother succumbed to the great, 1918 flu," Birx said.
- Birx said every American has a role to "protect each and every person that you interact with."
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Dr. Deborah Birx, the response coordinator for the White House coronavirus task force, told a heartbreaking story of her great-grandmother dying from Spanish flu in 1918 as she underscored the need for social distancing.
During the 1918 pandemic, Birx's grandmother came home with the Spanish flu, and ended up passing it on to Birx's great-grandmother, who had recently given birth. Birx said her grandmother lived with the guilt of this her entire life and "never forgot that she was the child that was in school that innocently brought that flu home."See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: A law professor weighs in on how Trump could beat impeachment See Also:  |