22-03-2020, 19:31
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#1014
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 9,015
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by nomadking
Nobody fusses over referring to "Spanish Flu".
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Well the Spanish might...
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To maintain morale, World War I censors minimized early reports of illness and mortality in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. Papers were free to report the epidemic's effects in neutral Spain, such as the grave illness of King Alfonso XIII, and these stories created a false impression of Spain as especially hard hit. This gave rise to the pandemic's nickname, "Spanish flu"
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(source: Wikipedia)
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