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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by dragonwriter on Thursday April 23, 2020 @04:23PM (#22960816)
Well, sure, but the “Spanish” flu (only called that because Spain is the first country severely hit that didn't lie and cover it up because of WWI) was accelerated by both the physical conditions created by WWI and the fact that covering it up to avoid revealing weakness to wartime opponents hampered response in many early-hit countries and obstructed information flow.

It's also nowhere near the HIV/AIDS global epidemic in likely total impact, but it's a lot more acute in it's impact than HIV/AIDS.

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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by downerending on Thursday April 23, 2020 @06:54PM (#22962520)
> only called that because...

Also worth noting that a huge number of names in biology are quite arbitrary and/or accidents of history.

Or tech, for that matter. Fewer and fewer "hard disks" involve any actual disk, and more non-floppy floppy disks were made than actual floppy ones. Etc.

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