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Re:Flu Research Once Banned Because It Was Deemed Too Danger... by sametmax on Friday March 08, 2019 @02:32PM (#19341320)
Not the same thing. It's called flu, but it's only in name.
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Re:Flu Research Once Banned Because It Was Deemed Too Danger... by ceejayoz on Friday March 08, 2019 @02:40PM (#19341423)
Nah.

> The 1918 influenza pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920; colloquially known as Spanish flu) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus.

H1N1 is one of the three types of flu (flu A-H1N1, flu A-H3N2, and flu B) the annual flu shot protects against: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_vaccine

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Re:Flu Research Once Banned Because It Was Deemed Too Danger... by tongo on Friday March 08, 2019 @04:17PM (#19342273)
I'm sorry, but you are factually wrong. It was the influenza virus. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu_research
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