Viruses can't be cured, but Dr. Baer promised both a cure and preventative in 1918.

Cure for the Flu!? Don’t fall for quack cures.

One hundred years ago, 25.8 million Americans got the flu in the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. Fifty percent of the U.S. military deaths in World War I were caused by the flu and 670,000 Americans died. And quack cures offered frightened Americans false hope. Below are just a few quack cures and preventative nostrums that were … Continue reading Cure for the Flu!? Don’t fall for quack cures.