[ry454]

Eh.. this will cost me some reputation points on HN, but I have to say this.

Why "Spanish flu" and not H1N1-A-18? That flu is called "Spanish" only because Spain's newspapers openly talked about the epidemic. The actual origin, according to wikipedia, was "likely Kansas".

[wezen]

Because by now everyone knows it as "Spanish flu". If you say H1N1-A-18, almost nobody would know what you're talking about.

[ry454]

Luckily, we won't have this problem with "SARS-CoV-2".

[rv-de]

you mean the china virus?

[newhacker2719]

No, they mean the Kung Flu.

[atomi]

Probably the most awesome thing about the internet in my opinion is that you can look stuff up if you don't know what someone is talking about.