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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·9 days agoI’m not into the whole spinal chord thing, but shouldn’t you vertebrates change the name to human flu when that happens?
minus-squareNo_Eponymlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 days agoNot until we can blame it on a scapegoate group. E.g. “Spanish” flu.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoFun fact: it was known as the “Spanish” flu because Spain was neutral in WW1, and thus was one of the few countries to report on it freely and openly. The earliest recorded case was from Kansas, US.
minus-squarekerrigan778@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoWhat do you mean “you vertebrates?”
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-29 days agoI mean you weirdo creatures that have a spinal cord. What do you think I mean?
I’m not into the whole spinal chord thing, but shouldn’t you vertebrates change the name to human flu when that happens?
Not until we can blame it on a scapegoate group. E.g. “Spanish” flu.
Fun fact: it was known as the “Spanish” flu because Spain was neutral in WW1, and thus was one of the few countries to report on it freely and openly. The earliest recorded case was from Kansas, US.
What do you mean “you vertebrates?”
I mean you weirdo creatures that have a spinal cord. What do you think I mean?
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