Friday 14 February 2020

Chinese Flu II

Dispite all the effort to stop the new coronavirus being called or associated with China,  it will likely to be known as Chinese flu,  much like the Spanish flu 100 years ago.

Spanish flu was never from Spain,  it was called Spanish flu after the WWI neutral state Spain reporting on the flu,  where all the warring states supressing their press to keep up morale.

Some historians believe the Spanish flu were a few different strands of flu,  one of which was from China.   The Chinese troops brought a virus to Canada,  spreading to the Americans and onwards to Europe. 

So perhaps the Spanish flu should have been called Chinese flu,  and new coronavirus 2019 should be called Chinese flu II.

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