Mboop127 [he/him] to politics • 3 years agoA Country with no Memory: "America has already forgotten the Iraq War, one of the most defining events of the century. What are the odds we remember covid?"external-linkmessage-square45 fedilinkarrow-up1111
arrow-up1111external-linkA Country with no Memory: "America has already forgotten the Iraq War, one of the most defining events of the century. What are the odds we remember covid?"Mboop127 [he/him] to politics • 3 years agomessage-square45 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareSteamedHamberder [he/him]hexbear14·3 years agoI still think yearly variants are going to happen forever. Even though the “Spanish” flu has faded, we obviously remember the flu, because it’s yearly. link
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]hexbear15·edit-23 years agoWait is that seriously the origin of the flu? I always thought it was just a particularly horrible version of something that already happened link
minus-squarefurryanarchy [comrade/them,they/them]hexbear12·3 years agoNo, but it was the first version if the flu that was understood as a separate strain in the way we understand it in the modern day. link
I still think yearly variants are going to happen forever. Even though the “Spanish” flu has faded, we obviously remember the flu, because it’s yearly.
Wait is that seriously the origin of the flu? I always thought it was just a particularly horrible version of something that already happened
No, but it was the first version if the flu that was understood as a separate strain in the way we understand it in the modern day.