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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat to learn from 1918's deadly second wave
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A majority of 1918 flu deaths occurred in the fall of 1918 the second, and worst, wave of the 1918 flu. We could face a similar fate with Covid-19 if some people continue to ignore what a century of scientific progress has taught us about pandemics.
What to learn from 1918's deadly second wave
In the deadly fall wave of the 1918 flu pandemic, millions of people were doomed because they didn't know what we know now about how viruses spread. We could face a similar fate if some continue to...
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9:05 PM · Oct 29, 2020
CNN
@CNN
A majority of 1918 flu deaths occurred in the fall of 1918 the second, and worst, wave of the 1918 flu. We could face a similar fate with Covid-19 if some people continue to ignore what a century of scientific progress has taught us about pandemics.
What to learn from 1918's deadly second wave
In the deadly fall wave of the 1918 flu pandemic, millions of people were doomed because they didn't know what we know now about how viruses spread. We could face a similar fate if some continue to...
edition.cnn.com
9:05 PM · Oct 29, 2020
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What to learn from 1918's deadly second wave (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Oct 2020
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Hekate
(90,657 posts)1. KnR
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)2. Dumb Donald and the Republican death cult MAGAts want to kill us all.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)3. K & R...nt
tanyev
(42,552 posts)4. It is so sad that stubborn ignorance can still overrule all the progress
we've made in science, medicine, technology and communications in the last 100 years.