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And at the recent 100-year anniversary of same, and in just about every article talking about the yearly flu. A quick glance shows me that I have three books a
by evgen 7y ago
And at the recent 100-year anniversary of same, and in just about every article talking about the yearly flu. A quick glance shows me that I have three books about it on my kindle right now; it is ever-present. What you actually don’t hear much about is the 1968 flu pandemic, which was recent-enough to be relevant to any modern discussion of the topic and which killed millions.
- lazyasciiart 7y agoHuh - I’ve heard tons about the 1918 flu but this is the first I ever heard of 1968.
- thaumasiotes 7y ago> What you actually don’t hear much about is the 1968 flu pandemic, which was recent-enough to be relevant to any modern discussion of the topic and which killed millions. The other piece I've seen discussing the 1918 flu was pointing out that there's something of a standard for using 100-year averaged mortality from disease, and in 2019 there would suddenly be a gigantic drop in that supposedly smooth statistic. It seemed like it was relevant to modern discussion to me. > A quick glance shows me that I have three books about it on my kindle right now; it is ever-present. You are not a good sample. Discussion of the flu is almost nonexistent, but you are a person who has three books about it. You are not in a position to judge whether other people talk about it.