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Is there good novels about 1918 flu written before 1970?

Rajinder Singh Bedi an Urdu short story writer of India, wrote a short story named " Quarantine" in Urdu, which was published in his sort story collection, " Dana O Dam" in 1939. The story emphasizes the effects of quarantine on life of affected people, instead of the Flu itself, which he calls 'The Plague'. A remarkable story. The story is available for reads on https://www.rekhta.org/stories/quaran...

محمد wrote: "Rajinder Singh Bedi an Urdu short story writer of India, wrote a short story named " Quarantine" in Urdu, which was published in his sort story collection, " Dana O Dam" in 1939. The story emphasiz..."
thank you, too bad it's only available in urdu

I once found information about a book written by someone who witnessed soldiers in 1917 being "vaccinated" with some cocktail of who-knows-what before leaving for Europe. Many fell ill shortly after the vaccination, even more on ships, and there were cases of immediate death, even in the treatment room. This book has been effectively erased from the internet, and I've lost track of its title and author. It must have been written in the 1920s. If anyone knows anything about it, please let me know. cinematic2@tlen.pl

I remember my grandmother telling me about the “Spanish flu” outbreak while she was in high school. This must have been when I was pretty young, maybe middle school, but it was some time after my own nearly fatal experience with the flu when I was 7 or 8. She had been living in a small town in upstate New York, removed from the worst of it but still close enough that it was a threat and worrisome. She told me about people wearing masks and others being scared of those wearing masks. Unfortunately, most of what she’d told me I’ve long since forgotten, some of it came back to me during the 2020 pandemic. And the similarities to blaming it on foreigners (in early 20th century the Spanish, and in the 21st century, China) clearly illustrates just how racist so many Americans are. How little we’ve changed.