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We learned from our mistakes... right?

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[–] snooggums@midwest.social 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did we learn in 1918?

Nope, they had anti maskers.

They also called it the Spanish flu for the same racist reasons as the China virus/Wuhan flu slurs for covid.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So like how Florida man is because of Florida's open records laws?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sinaf@lemmy.world 4 points 7 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