ABSTRACT
The social impact was not excessively relevant either, despite the fact that the disease reached practically the entire country throughout the month of June, with the exception of Galicia, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. The second wave of influenza was the most violent and, although an increase in mortality was already detected in August on the coast from Tarragona to Murcia, it was on track with what was happening in the rest of the world. The influenza epidemic was a central aspect in this process. These criticisms, which multiplied at the end of September 1918, first pointed to the ineffectiveness of the measures adopted to control the spread of the influenza and then subsequently evolved into a deeper criticism of the State's malfunctioning. Health and greatness of the race and the nation were used as synonyms, and the tension between technicians-scientists and politicians was still very present.
