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SmartVoter22

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10. Did you ever hear stories of WWI or the Spanish Flu?

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 12:23 PM

Mar 2020

I certainly did and when those folks died, I did not forget.

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**It is official: COVID-19 is a GLOBAL PANDEMIC** [View all] hlthe2b Mar 2020 OP

Going to start getting very real now. Many events have not been cancelled since a pandemic has not Cognitive_Resonance Mar 2020 #1

Global Pandemic ... is redundant ... just wanted to point out ... mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #2

Preaching to the choir. Sometimes one needs to repeat what the lay public has come to expect. hlthe2b Mar 2020 #3

I know ... but the pedant in me is going to be bugged for months about this ... mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #5

Then don't get me started on those who don't understand the difference between Case-fatality hlthe2b Mar 2020 #6

I take it the .1-.2% for flu is actually the flu's mortality rate mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #11

no shit mshasta Mar 2020 #4

Pandemic is NOT a suggestion, it's a declarative statement of fact. SmartVoter22 Mar 2020 #7

Grandparents of most "Boomers" alive today experienced 1918 Pandemic hlthe2b Mar 2020 #9

Did you ever hear stories of WWI or the Spanish Flu? SmartVoter22 Mar 2020 #10

No. I was interested & researched it. But, it was never spoken of. Hell my WWII parents/uncles hlthe2b Mar 2020 #12

Google your local newspaper archives on Spanish Flu SmartVoter22 Mar 2020 #13

Yes. You might be interested in the story of Gunnison, CO--the only city to escape hlthe2b Mar 2020 #14

the orange asshole would call them alarmists. Javaman Mar 2020 #15

I had read about Gunnison. Your link an excellent resource. SmartVoter22 Mar 2020 #17

WHO citing 'alarming levels of spread and ... alarming levels of inaction' PA Democrat Mar 2020 #8

I have decided to self-isolate as much as possible lillypaddle Mar 2020 #16

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