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Re:A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection by sjg007 on Friday May 14, 2021 @12:37PM (#27156248)
Well the spanish flu happened and they did not have HVACs back then and all the windows leaked.
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Re:A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection by x3iv130f on Friday May 14, 2021 @01:33PM (#27157131)
Spanish Flu is a really bad name for this disease.

From what we know it started in Kansas. It should be called 1918 Flu Pandemic.

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Re:A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection by dragonwriter on Friday May 14, 2021 @02:07PM (#27157620)
It's called Spanish Flu because Spain was the first country not to cover it up to avoid adverse morale effects and revealing potential weakness because of WWI.
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