• edge [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    The article is about the pandemic rather than the disease or virus itself. The most accurate name would probably be "1918-1920 flu pandemic". But in general using the common name is understandable.

    The article itself begins:

    The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu