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Re:Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic? by ry454 on Friday October 16, 2020 @04:20PM (#24804645)
Eh.. this will cost me some reputation points on HN, but I have to say this.

Why "Spanish flu" and not H1N1-A-18? That flu is called "Spanish" only because Spain's newspapers openly talked about the epidemic. The actual origin, according to wikipedia, was "likely Kansas".

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Re:Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic? by wezen on Friday October 16, 2020 @04:39PM (#24804815)
Because by now everyone knows it as "Spanish flu". If you say H1N1-A-18, almost nobody would know what you're talking about.
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Re:Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic? by ry454 on Friday October 16, 2020 @04:42PM (#24804841)
Luckily, we won't have this problem with "SARS-CoV-2".
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Re:Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic? by rv-de on Friday October 16, 2020 @08:04PM (#24806212)
you mean the china virus?
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Re:Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic? by newhacker2719 on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:33PM (#24807028)
No, they mean the Kung Flu.
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Re:Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic? by atomi on Friday October 16, 2020 @08:33PM (#24806428)
Probably the most awesome thing about the internet in my opinion is that you can look stuff up if you don't know what someone is talking about.
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