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The Spanish flu also happened in a much less medically advanced society, that didn't understand how viruses work
by 8note 4y ago
The Spanish flu also happened in a much less medically advanced society, that didn't understand how viruses work
- bialpio 4y agoBacteriology was already developing at that time, first vaccines were already in use (for none other than a viral disease!), and the existence of a pathogen smaller than bacteria was already hypothesized. The response to Spanish flu was also eerily similar to what was recommended in the first year of COVID: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu#/media/File%3AIllustrated_Current_News-1918-Thompson%2C_Paul.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu#/media/File%3AIl.... All that aside, your comment does not really prove that "nature cannot come up with something so transmissive", which was the claim here.