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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn regards to Trump's racist remarks about covid 19
The first case of "Spanish" flu was recorded in Kansas. Just saying...
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In regards to Trump's racist remarks about covid 19 (Original Post)
pink
Jun 2020
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dalton99a
(92,843 posts)1. Bull. Every disease and every ailment started in China
Indigestion, herpes, diabetes, restless leg syndrome, cancer, fibromyalgia, flu, lower back pain, constipation, smelly armpits, cirrhosis, excess body fat, idiocy, etc. etc.
pink
(532 posts)2. From what I hear
Spain was one of the very few countries that didn't have strong censorship with their media at that time, so they ended up wearing the name.
dalton99a
(92,843 posts)3. The Kansas connection is well documented
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journal-plague-year-180965222/
How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America
The toll of historys worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States
By John M. Barry
Smithsonian Magazine
November 2017
How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America
The toll of historys worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States
By John M. Barry
Smithsonian Magazine
November 2017
