zlacker

The Spanish flu didn't originate in Spain -- its origins are disputed, but it was first observed in the US.

I'm surprised you didn't get this memo by now, but Spain gained that ignominy only by being the sole country to not apply censorship regarding the topic at the time ("Land of the Free" included).

It's utter nonsensical bullshit like this that made us collectively move away from naming diseases after countries.

>>cordel+(OP)
We haven't moved away from that until about yesterday. UK variant, SA variant, Brazil variant. These were in the news you know?