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> You can read about the 1918 'Spanish' Flu, but you think "we're smarter now". etc. Not sure what the comparison with COVID is supposed to be. Spanish flu was

by rsanek 1y ago

> You can read about the 1918 'Spanish' Flu, but you think "we're smarter now". etc. Not sure what the comparison with COVID is supposed to be. Spanish flu was not created in a lab. There was no vaccine for the Spanish flu. The only real similarity is social distancing, quarantines, and masks -- we did that back then too.

Dotnaught 1y ago
It has not been conclusively established that COVID came from a lab: https://www.who.int/news/item/27-06-2025-who-scientific-advisory-group-issues-report-on-origins-of-covid-19 https://www.who.int/news/item/27-06-2025-who-scientific-advi...
- crackez 1y ago
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chris_wot 1y ago
Funny, back then Americans didn't wear masks for much the same reasons they wouldn't during the last pandemic, and they died in their thousands for much the same reasons.
- mionhe 1y ago
  Which reasons are you referring to? I've never heard this comparison between masking during two pandemics 100+ years apart.
  - chris_wot 1y ago
    It's quite well documented. Try this site: https://liberalarts.vt.edu/news/articles/2020/08/virginia-tech-historians-uncover-the-facts-about-masks.html https://liberalarts.vt.edu/news/articles/2020/08/virginia-te...
GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
> Spanish flu was not created in a lab. This seems vague. Can you elaborate on the claim you’re making?
cgh 1y ago
> Spanish flu was not created in a lab. Neither was covid-19: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715
- Auracle 1y ago
  Your article is a little out of date. The general consensus of spy agencies is that it was definitely leaked from the lab. Created in a lab? Maybe. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7vypq31z7o.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7vypq31z7o.amp
  - Hasnep 1y ago
    The article you linked says that BND thought the lab leak was likely in 2020. You're the one with out of date information.
    - jpfromlondon 1y ago
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9qjjj4zy5o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9qjjj4zy5o
      - Hasnep 1y ago
        > The review offered on Saturday is based on "low confidence" which means the intelligence supporting it is deficient, inconclusive or contradictory. There is no consensus on the cause of the Covid pandemic. The article literally says there is no consensus.
        jpfromlondon 1y ago
        I was merely addressing your accusation of "out-of date information", I'm not the original commenter.
      - pxc 1y ago
        1. That's the CIA 2. The lab leak hypothesis is geopolitically convenient for the US 3. They explicitly state "low confidence" in their affirmation of this hypothesis

by rsanek 1y ago

Dotnaught 1y ago

It has not been conclusively established that COVID came from a lab: https://www.who.int/news/item/27-06-2025-who-scientific-advisory-group-issues-report-on-origins-of-covid-19 https://www.who.int/news/item/27-06-2025-who-scientific-advi...

crackez 1y ago
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chris_wot 1y ago

Funny, back then Americans didn't wear masks for much the same reasons they wouldn't during the last pandemic, and they died in their thousands for much the same reasons.

mionhe 1y ago
Which reasons are you referring to? I've never heard this comparison between masking during two pandemics 100+ years apart.
- chris_wot 1y ago
  It's quite well documented. Try this site: https://liberalarts.vt.edu/news/articles/2020/08/virginia-tech-historians-uncover-the-facts-about-masks.html https://liberalarts.vt.edu/news/articles/2020/08/virginia-te...

GuinansEyebrows 1y ago

> Spanish flu was not created in a lab. This seems vague. Can you elaborate on the claim you’re making?

cgh 1y ago

> Spanish flu was not created in a lab. Neither was covid-19: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715

Auracle 1y ago
Your article is a little out of date. The general consensus of spy agencies is that it was definitely leaked from the lab. Created in a lab? Maybe. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7vypq31z7o.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7vypq31z7o.amp
- Hasnep 1y ago
  The article you linked says that BND thought the lab leak was likely in 2020. You're the one with out of date information.
  - jpfromlondon 1y ago
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9qjjj4zy5o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9qjjj4zy5o
    - Hasnep 1y ago
      > The review offered on Saturday is based on "low confidence" which means the intelligence supporting it is deficient, inconclusive or contradictory. There is no consensus on the cause of the Covid pandemic. The article literally says there is no consensus.
      - jpfromlondon 1y ago
        I was merely addressing your accusation of "out-of date information", I'm not the original commenter.
    - pxc 1y ago
      1. That's the CIA 2. The lab leak hypothesis is geopolitically convenient for the US 3. They explicitly state "low confidence" in their affirmation of this hypothesis