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Re:Millions of Americans can't afford food, rent and other b... by raidicy on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @06:54PM (#23013113)
I wonder if people in 1918 thought the same thing. And then the only impact the Spanish flu had on me was it was mentioned in passing in outdated middle school "social studies" books.
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Re:Millions of Americans can't afford food, rent and other b... by BrainlingPdx on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:00PM (#23013161)
That's not true at all. The Spanish flu outbreak had a ton of impact on the modern world. Health codes, science around vaccines, economic effects, etc. To act like the Spanish flu had no long lasting effects shows you didn't pay much attention in middle school social studies.
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Re:Millions of Americans can't afford food, rent and other b... by raidicy on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:45AM (#23019063)
I didn't. But it doesn't mean the books did it justice either. Anyway, I was trying to illustrate GP's point of getting back to normalcy, albeit vaguely.
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Re:Millions of Americans can't afford food, rent and other b... by pstuart on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:22PM (#23013359)
No need to be rude. You had a point and then sullied it.
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