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Spanish flu lasted about two years.
by oxfordmale 6y ago
Spanish flu lasted about two years.
- IAmGraydon 6y agoYou think this will last two years because a pandemic 100 years ago did? Do you think all pandemics last the same amount of time or...what’s your reasoning here?
- dehrmann 6y agoThe Spanish Flu didn't have as many interventions as we have now, so it was allowed to run its course. We're actually in uncharted territory right now--we've never stopped a pandemic like this before. If the virus mutates faster than we can vaccinate, we could have just dragged out the inevitable. We could have also made it endemic by slowing its spread and selected extra contagious strains. Meanwhile, colds and flus are way down, but there might be unintended consequences of not using your immune system for a year+.