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Originally Posted by island911
Your doc is wrong. Spain was the hero country in this naming.
Spain was the only country talking openly and honestly about the flu. People looking for accurate information turned to Spanish news papers. Uninformed people in the States fought about how many layers of gauze masks needed to be and how to kill people's dogs (because everyone knows that the dog carry the flu... they didn't)
Misinformation abounds in these situations.
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How is he wrong? If I was Spanish, I wouldn't want it named the Spanish Flu. Would you want Covid named the "Covid Island Flu" or the "Village Idiot Flu?"
https://www.history.com/news/why-was-it-called-the-spanish-flu