Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Mnementh]

John2290 said:

Lafiel said:

the lethal 2nd wave in the 1918 H1N1 pandemic (which we should avoid calling the "Spanish Flu") afaik mainly killed people in their 20s-40s as it often caused a cytokine storm that is much more drastic in people with good immunesystems (and it is hypothised, that older ppl may have had some immunity from a 1889 pandemic), leading to 92% of it's victims apparently being below the age of 65 - todays older population might have been more resistant to it even without all the possibilities of modern medicine

Why can't we call it the spanish flu?

We can. But it probably started in the US and troops participating in WW1 spread it into europe.