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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can have some solace knowing the same happened during the Spanish Flu. The Dark Ages are much closer than they seem.

[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Funny name given that it didn't come from Spain but from the US (IIRC).

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

It was called that because Spain was the only country accurately reporting cases. So it made it seem like they had it the worst, even tho they didn’t.