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by nonamechicken 1628 days ago
While I agree that we shouldn't be seeing bodies in rivers, I am not entirely convinced if Covid and Spanish flu in India are comparable.

The below links say bodies were found in many rivers, not just Ganga.

"A report released by the sanitary commissioner in 1918 later documented that it was not just Ganga that was clogged up with bodies, but all rivers across India."

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-natio...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic_in_India

I don't think if scenarios such as below are happening in India, the leftist Indian media would stay silent.

“India perhaps never saw such hard times before. There is wailing on all sides. … There is neither village nor town throughout the length and breadth of the country which has not paid a heavy toll.

Elsewhere, the Sanitary Commissioner of the Punjab noted, “the streets and lanes of cities were littered with dead and dying people … nearly every household was lamenting a death, and everywhere terror and confusion reigned.”

https://theconversation.com/1918-flu-pandemic-killed-12-mill...