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They weren't idiots. They understood that the flu spread from person to person, and that shutting gatherings of people would curtail the spread. This happened
by CydeWeys 7y ago
They weren't idiots. They understood that the flu spread from person to person, and that shutting gatherings of people would curtail the spread.
This happened. It's part of history. You can't argue against it. There are thousands of contemporaneous newspaper articles about all the measures that were taken to curtail the spread of the Spanish influenza.
- standardUser 7y agoMy point being that we have significantly better data to inform us on exactly how to reduce the transmission rate, we have constantly-improving testing methods, we have the ability to research medicines than can help, we have the ability to research a vaccine. Not only is the not the Spanish flu, it is happening in a profoundly different context. The comparison is superficial.