Why COVID-19 isn't The Spanish Flu. Here is Why and What that Means for You
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Date: 2020-04-04
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evilcanofdrpepper
God damn Swine Flu was some seriously hallucinogenic shit. Like going from feeling a little off in the morning to in the emergency room at the hospital later that day I took a final that morning then went home sick after that even though that was not really something that I ever did. like I usually went to school even if I was sick. I laid down and started hallucinating that I was being electrocuted it hurt so bad. I'm lucky my dad was home that day. he heard weird grunting from my room and came in to see my arms clenched to a near by metal bar and when he woke me up I was not speaking right. He then said I probably needed water and was dehydrated and stood me up to walk me to the kitchen. The moment he touched me he knew i was way too hot but I was shivering and I almost fainted on the walk down the hall. That was the first time I had ever fainted and I have done plenty of things that have made other people pass out with less. after he saw that and my inability to speak right I went straight to the hospital. I was 107 when we got there after driving with my arms out the windows and the air conditioning on. That was the first time I ever truly hallucinated.
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God damn Swine Flu was some seriously hallucinogenic shit. Like going from feeling a little off in the morning to in the emergency room at the hospital later that day I took a final that morning then went home sick after that even though that was not really something that I ever did. like I usually went to school even if I was sick. I laid down and started hallucinating that I was being electrocuted it hurt so bad. I'm lucky my dad was home that day. he heard weird grunting from my room and came in to see my arms clenched to a near by metal bar and when he woke me up I was not speaking right. He then said I probably needed water and was dehydrated and stood me up to walk me to the kitchen. The moment he touched me he knew i was way too hot but I was shivering and I almost fainted on the walk down the hall. That was the first time I had ever fainted and I have done plenty of things that have made other people pass out with less. after he saw that and my inability to speak right I went straight to the hospital. I was 107 when we got there after driving with my arms out the windows and the air conditioning on. That was the first time I ever truly hallucinated.
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NewsFromNY
Why Was It Called the 'Spanish Flu? ' As the pandemic reached epic proportions in the fall of 1918, it became commonly known as the Spanish Flu or the Spanish Lady in the United States and Europe. Many assumed this was because the sickness had originated on the Iberian Peninsula, but the nickname was actually the result of a widespread misunderstanding. Spain was one of only a few major European countries to remain neutral during World War I. Unlike in the Allied and Central Powers nations, where wartime censors suppressed news of the flu to avoid affecting morale, the Spanish media was free to report on it in gory detail. News of the sickness first made headlines in Madrid in late-May 1918, and coverage only increased after the Spanish King Alfonso XIII came down with a nasty case a week later. Since nations undergoing a media blackout could only read in depth accounts from Spanish news sources, they naturally assumed that the country was the pandemics ground zero. STOP CALLING IT THE SPANISH FLU
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Why Was It Called the 'Spanish Flu? ' As the pandemic reached epic proportions in the fall of 1918, it became commonly known as the Spanish Flu or the Spanish Lady in the United States and Europe. Many assumed this was because the sickness had originated on the Iberian Peninsula, but the nickname was actually the result of a widespread misunderstanding. Spain was one of only a few major European countries to remain neutral during World War I. Unlike in the Allied and Central Powers nations, where wartime censors suppressed news of the flu to avoid affecting morale, the Spanish media was free to report on it in gory detail. News of the sickness first made headlines in Madrid in late-May 1918, and coverage only increased after the Spanish King Alfonso XIII came down with a nasty case a week later. Since nations undergoing a media blackout could only read in depth accounts from Spanish news sources, they naturally assumed that the country was the pandemics ground zero. STOP CALLING IT THE SPANISH FLU
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J3AD
well done video, CONVID-19, its spreading fast, and need to throw all we can at it, but seem to be responding with half measures and some groups are more worried about economy rather then lowering the longtime fallout from it. I have to work because my job is consider important, nurses tell me this, yet they are the ones on the true front line. thanks and i say thank you for all you have done and will have to do in the future and power to you and all folks fighting to save lives in the medical field, first-responders, truckers and suppliers, folks in stores and folks keeping the lights going, water running and communications up. and to all the folks trying to keep somewhat a normal life for kids, teachers working over internet. keep the faith all, keep moving forward and we will get thru this.
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well done video, CONVID-19, its spreading fast, and need to throw all we can at it, but seem to be responding with half measures and some groups are more worried about economy rather then lowering the longtime fallout from it. I have to work because my job is consider important, nurses tell me this, yet they are the ones on the true front line. thanks and i say thank you for all you have done and will have to do in the future and power to you and all folks fighting to save lives in the medical field, first-responders, truckers and suppliers, folks in stores and folks keeping the lights going, water running and communications up. and to all the folks trying to keep somewhat a normal life for kids, teachers working over internet. keep the faith all, keep moving forward and we will get thru this.
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h2ogasnz
I live in New Zealand, NZ is in complete lock down at this time, only things open are supermarkets & gas stations, there are a few places supplying other things like safety gear via online & courier but for 95% of NZ people it's stay home at home and stay at lest 2 meters away from anybody you don't live with (it's called stay in your bubble) The NZ government is working hard out to at lest flatten the curve but then you look at the USA and it's acting like a lot like a pack of kids that don't like each other with a dad (Trump) that doesn't seem to care and/or know what to do about it. basically everybody in the states should be on the same page: stay home - stay 2 meters away. but their not. each state is doing it's own thing and the US as a whole is going to pay for it in bodies.
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I live in New Zealand, NZ is in complete lock down at this time, only things open are supermarkets & gas stations, there are a few places supplying other things like safety gear via online & courier but for 95% of NZ people it's stay home at home and stay at lest 2 meters away from anybody you don't live with (it's called stay in your bubble) The NZ government is working hard out to at lest flatten the curve but then you look at the USA and it's acting like a lot like a pack of kids that don't like each other with a dad (Trump) that doesn't seem to care and/or know what to do about it. basically everybody in the states should be on the same page: stay home - stay 2 meters away. but their not. each state is doing it's own thing and the US as a whole is going to pay for it in bodies.
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Paul
Hi Phil, Im disabled and living in the UK. The thing that is becoming somewhat concerning is that many medical and dental appointments have been cancelled/postponed indefinitely and some of these tests are significant such as, in my case diabetic eye screening which is intended to catch serious eye issues early and my friends partner has had a smear test cancelled even though it was setup due to cancerous material found previously I wonder what the non-covid fallout will be for people who should have had critical tests and or treatments which have been pushed aside by the pandemic? I fully understand the reasons but wonder what knock-on effects are going to hit us as a global community post pandemic. Loving your coverage and thanks for all the hard work you and your team do
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Hi Phil, Im disabled and living in the UK. The thing that is becoming somewhat concerning is that many medical and dental appointments have been cancelled/postponed indefinitely and some of these tests are significant such as, in my case diabetic eye screening which is intended to catch serious eye issues early and my friends partner has had a smear test cancelled even though it was setup due to cancerous material found previously I wonder what the non-covid fallout will be for people who should have had critical tests and or treatments which have been pushed aside by the pandemic? I fully understand the reasons but wonder what knock-on effects are going to hit us as a global community post pandemic. Loving your coverage and thanks for all the hard work you and your team do
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Matt
Woot, one of the three. I normally do agricultural models (specifically Discrete Element Modeling of Flexible Fibers, like wheat straw) and in my free time I have been looking into modeling COVID. With the new numbers that come out each day, I am feeling relieved. Relieved that my models (which can be MUCH better) are over-predicting the death totals of each state that I have looked at. The main issue is that we need MORE testing. If the mortality rate of 2% is to be believed, than there should be about 1. 8-2. 4 million people infected by this virus, in just the US. That is a lot of people who are vectors that can spread the virus further. That is why social distancing and stay at home orders are so important right now. Stay safe and healthy everyone.
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Woot, one of the three. I normally do agricultural models (specifically Discrete Element Modeling of Flexible Fibers, like wheat straw) and in my free time I have been looking into modeling COVID. With the new numbers that come out each day, I am feeling relieved. Relieved that my models (which can be MUCH better) are over-predicting the death totals of each state that I have looked at. The main issue is that we need MORE testing. If the mortality rate of 2% is to be believed, than there should be about 1. 8-2. 4 million people infected by this virus, in just the US. That is a lot of people who are vectors that can spread the virus further. That is why social distancing and stay at home orders are so important right now. Stay safe and healthy everyone.
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Amanda
It's wild hearing about the Swine flu I was graduating high school that year and starting as a freshman in college and I don't recall any of that having an impact on my life. Still graduated as normal, went to orientation over the summer and started normally in the fall. I actually thought that it was in 2010? I think I knew a couple of people or heard of people getting it then and it was mostly referred to as H1N1. So either I totally missed out on the news cycle (which makes sense, I had a lot of activities after school in my last semester of high school and would not have been home much to see the nightly news on TV) or I did hear about it but it didn't have enough of an impact in my region to affect daily life (East coast USA.
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It's wild hearing about the Swine flu I was graduating high school that year and starting as a freshman in college and I don't recall any of that having an impact on my life. Still graduated as normal, went to orientation over the summer and started normally in the fall. I actually thought that it was in 2010? I think I knew a couple of people or heard of people getting it then and it was mostly referred to as H1N1. So either I totally missed out on the news cycle (which makes sense, I had a lot of activities after school in my last semester of high school and would not have been home much to see the nightly news on TV) or I did hear about it but it didn't have enough of an impact in my region to affect daily life (East coast USA.
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Devilkyn
Love the show Phil and watch you everyday. I really appreciate all the news your show provides, especially the Covid-19 coverage lately. We've recently seen many other broadcasts now coming from presenters homes instead of them continuing to go to the studio, however your backdrop has not changed. I don't want to make any assumptions without asking. Are you broadcasting from home and having your staff work from home as well for the editing, or are you still going into a studio? Given your record for advising us all to self isolate, I'm inclined to believe you are following the same advice, but wanted to put forward the question. Thanks Phil, and stay safe
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Love the show Phil and watch you everyday. I really appreciate all the news your show provides, especially the Covid-19 coverage lately. We've recently seen many other broadcasts now coming from presenters homes instead of them continuing to go to the studio, however your backdrop has not changed. I don't want to make any assumptions without asking. Are you broadcasting from home and having your staff work from home as well for the editing, or are you still going into a studio? Given your record for advising us all to self isolate, I'm inclined to believe you are following the same advice, but wanted to put forward the question. Thanks Phil, and stay safe
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Crimson
Phil PLEASE at least once have the visual guides for proper use of masks and gloves and discuss them so everyone sees what they're supposed to do because if I see one more masked/gloved person talking on their phone like just wearing the supplies protects them forever I'm gonna scream jfc. Like none of the news media is going over basic cross contamination procedures and it's killing me. Like this is basic microbiology knowledge (and chronic illness knowledge because most of us have to take care of our own ivs. Like these people might as well just be touching their faces after covering someone else's cough jfc. I'm so tired.
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Phil PLEASE at least once have the visual guides for proper use of masks and gloves and discuss them so everyone sees what they're supposed to do because if I see one more masked/gloved person talking on their phone like just wearing the supplies protects them forever I'm gonna scream jfc. Like none of the news media is going over basic cross contamination procedures and it's killing me. Like this is basic microbiology knowledge (and chronic illness knowledge because most of us have to take care of our own ivs. Like these people might as well just be touching their faces after covering someone else's cough jfc. I'm so tired.
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