Hypotheses have the origin being Kansas, East Asia (China) or Europe (France).
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/1/140123-spanish-flu-1918-china-origins-pandemic-science-health/ <https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/1/140123-spanish-flu-1918-china-origins-pandemic-science-health/> -D > On Jun 16, 2020, at 8:34 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I read somewhere that the Spanish Flu originated in Kansas ... Spain was > neutral at the time, so published news about the flu which warring > countries did not for moral reasons, and others. > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 6:53 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Which was interesting because referring to pandemics by their country of >> origin is very common, witness the Spanish Flu of 1918... >> -Curt >> >> On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 7:01:35 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Political science, AKA backlash against idiots claiming it was racist to >> call it anything indicating its Chinese origins. >> Mitch. >> >> On Tue, June 16, 2020 5:55 pm, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: >>> This is helpful >>> Is there a scientific reason why you refer to it as Wuhan Red Death? >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com