Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin annobar mura ta 1918, Gwamnan Samoa na Amurka na lokacin, John Martin Poyer, ya sanya cikakkiyar kariya daga tsibirin daga dukkan jiragen ruwa masu shigowa, wanda ya samu nasarar hana mura daga kamuwa da jama'a kuma ta haka ne ya cimma rashin mutuwa a cikin yankin. Sabanin haka, makwabciyar New Zealand da ke karkashin iko
Yammacin Samoa na daga cikin wadanda cutar ta fi shafa, tare da kashi 90% na kamuwa da cutar da kuma sama da kashi 20% na manya da ke mutuwa daga cutar. Wannan gazawar da gwamnatin New Zealand ta yi wajen hanawa da kuma dakile cutar Spanish Flu daga baya ta sake farfado da tunanin da ke adawa da mulkin mallaka na Samoa wanda hakan ya haifar da 'yancin kai.