# 1918 influenza pandemic - [[spinney2017PaleRiderSpanish|Spinney, L. (2017). Pale rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world.]] - #research Rosemary Kennedy's birth was purposefully delayed by two hours because the doctor was busy due to the pandemic. She had already started to move through the birth canal, but the nurse held her in place, despite it being known this could cause complications like lack of oxygen. The Kennedys were already famous and she didn't want something to go wrong while the doctor was absent?! https://youtu.be/zDYnF1Uan00