Comments on: The Spanish Flu Epidemic https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: jarvisloop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/#comment-74646 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:35:04 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=357#comment-74646 The possibility of the flu causing the demise of homo sapiens brings to mind a line from one of Stephen King’s short stories. A particularly bad flu strain had killed billions, and civilization was over. A couple of teens had painted the following on a wall: It was just the flu.

Yep. That’s generally how we view the flu. It’s just the flu. Nothing bad.

]]>
By: iain https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/#comment-39457 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:18:17 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=357#comment-39457 Interesting article, spoiled by reference to the ‘English trenches’ when of course it should be ‘British trenches’.

]]>
By: pooo https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/#comment-24558 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:11:43 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=357#comment-24558 spanish flu tried to hook up with me

]]>
By: pooo https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/#comment-24557 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:10:48 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=357#comment-24557 did you no spanish flu is gay

]]>
By: pooo https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/#comment-24556 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:09:45 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=357#comment-24556 im really funny your not

]]>
By: pooo https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/#comment-24555 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:08:54 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=357#comment-24555 they are dirty chiken wing dings

]]>
By: allduerespect88 https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/#comment-23506 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:15:22 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=357#comment-23506 [quote]mbhatnagar said: “And “results have useful for our current situation” be “results have been useful for our current situation”…

Looks like this post was made in a hurry..DI nevertheless!”[/quote]

Bah you stole my thunder

]]>
By: ddonovan https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/#comment-22852 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:13:48 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=357#comment-22852 The last paragraph is in such bad shape it doesn’t make any sense at all. When you guys are finished with your book, you might want to fix this one.

]]>
By: mbhatnagar https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/#comment-22030 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:33:57 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=357#comment-22030 And “results have useful for our current situation” be “results have been useful for our current situation”…
Looks like this post was made in a hurry..DI nevertheless!

]]>
By: mbhatnagar https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/the-spanish-flu-epidemic/#comment-22029 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:31:12 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=357#comment-22029 Shouldn’t “worst than your common cold” be “worse than your common cold” ?

]]>