The spanish flu would probably have been much less severe if it didn't happen right after WWI. Basic supplies for food and soap were not yet at their pre WWI levels and the population was still weaker and physically recovering from the war.
WWI started 10 months after the Spanish flu.
Press censorship did also contribute to its spread.
Huh, what? WWI started on 28-07-1914 and ended 11-11-1918 while the spanish flu started around january 1918.
Re:How to Respond to COVID-19
by mytailorisrich on Saturday February 29, 2020 @08:00AM
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That's an additional aspect, yes.
Obviously those diseases are viral. But it seems that they can be helped by bacteria and certainly bacterial pneumonia is a common serious complication, and I believe that patients hospitalised for COVID-19 are given antibiotics for these reasons.