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Re:Fine, I'll run a regression analysis. But it won't make y... by iwonthecase on Sunday October 01, 2023 @04:14PM (#37730138)
Good luck, there's still academics debating about the 1977 "Russian" flu [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Russian_flu

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Re:Fine, I'll run a regression analysis. But it won't make y... by Aachen on Sunday October 01, 2023 @06:06PM (#37731372)
> The outbreak in northern China started in May 1977

Coincidence? Do they have a climate conducive to these sorts of viruses combined with a large enough population to make it likely they get infected first or is this my selection bias in noticing when it says "started in China" versus any other country?

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Re:Fine, I'll run a regression analysis. But it won't make y... by philjohn on Sunday October 01, 2023 @06:39PM (#37731672)
Large population that lives very close to natural reservoirs for viruses.

Spillover is a great book to read about zoonotic diseases.

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Re:Fine, I'll run a regression analysis. But it won't make y... by pvg on Sunday October 01, 2023 @06:35PM (#37731646)
It would be odd vs any other country if any other country contained a quarter of the world population in 1977.
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