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The "Spanish" flu epidemic of 1918 resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million. The fact that we haven't had a similar epidemic since is in large part due to th
by jhbadger 9y ago
The "Spanish" flu epidemic of 1918 resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million. The fact that we haven't had a similar epidemic since is in large part due to the work of groups like WHO and CDC. But this preventive work is not unlike IT departments making backups -- nobody thinks it is that important until the system fails.
- ekianjo 9y agothaTs a pretty impressive claim to make in a pre antibiotics and pre modern medecine world when tuberculosis and rabbies were still killing a lot of people every year. we did not wait for the WHO to have better standards.