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Eh.. this will cost me some reputation points on HN, but I have to say this. Why "Spanish flu" and not H1N1-A-18? That flu is called "Spanish" only because Spa
by ry454 6y ago
Eh.. this will cost me some reputation points on HN, but I have to say this.
Why "Spanish flu" and not H1N1-A-18? That flu is called "Spanish" only because Spain's newspapers openly talked about the epidemic. The actual origin, according to wikipedia, was "likely Kansas".
- wezen 6y agoBecause by now everyone knows it as "Spanish flu". If you say H1N1-A-18, almost nobody would know what you're talking about.
- ry454 6y agoLuckily, we won't have this problem with "SARS-CoV-2".
- rv-de 6y agoyou mean the china virus?
- newhacker2719 6y agoNo, they mean the Kung Flu.
- atomi 6y agoProbably the most awesome thing about the internet in my opinion is that you can look stuff up if you don't know what someone is talking about.