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Nice article but I want to make a clarification. The now known as Spanish flu wasn't Spanish at all [0]. It's believed it was originated in China. The 'Spanis
by notspanishflu 15y ago
Nice article but I want to make a clarification.
The now known as Spanish flu wasn't Spanish at all [0]. It's believed it was originated in China.
The 'Spanish flu' name came as a result of a mix of circumstances: the early affliction and large mortalities in mid 1918s in Spain (althought a first wave of influenza appeared early in the spring of 1918 in Kansas and in military camps throughout the US) and Spain’s neutral position during World War I. Without Media censorship, hence openly reporting about a flu outbreak, led to fooling observers into thinking that’s where the disease had come from.
[0] http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
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