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by virmundi 2081 days ago
There is also evidence that the Spanish Flu was made worse by a magic new drug of the time: aspirin. Sadly we dosed people far beyond safe. We made them internally bleed to death. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091002132346.h...

By the way, here's evidence that the Spanish Flu had a 20% death rate: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ten-myths-about-1918-...