Re:Why the second wave of the 1918 Spanish flu was so deadly
by notacoward on Friday March 13, 2020 @11:12AM
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Yes, you can compare. There are differences - there are always differences - but there are also similarities. Any reasonably smart person can pick out some signal from the noise, if they just try. Meanwhile, those who do not learn the lessons of history, etc. And contrarians (using the polite term) are gonna do their thing too, no matter how injurious, because its fun for them.
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Re:Why the second wave of the 1918 Spanish flu was so deadly
by koheripbal on Friday March 13, 2020 @12:28PM
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This thread is too vague to be meaningful.
Re:Why the second wave of the 1918 Spanish flu was so deadly
by pas on Friday March 13, 2020 @03:21PM
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The basics are the same. If it spreads (R0 > 1) and the number of sick people in the hospitals grow beyond some limit you will have a lot of problems. No fancy high-tech thing is going to help if it isn't a rapidly deployable cure.
Plus, on top of all that tech the good old politics seems the same. Many countries botched testing, too little too late. So great we had its RNA code online in a matter of days, and even had success stories here and there if some dickheads can't mange the coordinated response.