We learned from our mistakes… right?

  • @[email protected]
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    8 months ago

    The main reason for calling it the Spannish flu was that Spain had much looser censor and the press could report on it much easier than in other affected countries

        • @Sinaf
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          48 months ago

          A CNN article on the meme also suggested that the breadth of reports of bizarre activities is due to a confluence of factors, including public records laws giving journalists fast and easy access to police reports, the relatively high population of the state, its highly variable weather, and gaps in mental health funding.

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Man