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Freddie

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28. A little history is a dangerous thing

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 11:00 AM

Yesterday

One reason the 1918 “Spanish Flu” spread so fast was the thousands of soldiers living in close quarters, training for the war. Thousands of soldiers died. They didn’t have vaccines back then.
Current strains of the flu are not as deadly but spread just as fast in close quarters.
Learn from history? This “administration”? 😂😂

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