'Pokémon Flu' news report (1999)
NOV 18 1999 · 19:00
1999 news report on the so-called 'Pokémon flu' — kids skipping school over Pokémon — from the same month TIME put Pikachu on its cover ('For the love of Pikachu', Nov 22, 1999).
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