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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Aspirin had just been invented, and everyone took tons of it for the spanish flu. I've heard a good portion that died was due to the aspirin's kidney damage

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No. Some remnants of the Spanish flu still exist in new flu and cold strains. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/09/spanish-flu-pandemic-centenary-first-world-war

[–]christnmusicreleases[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Not the sickness that killed everyone, apparently.

[–]christnmusicreleases[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Capitalizing on the "flu" part of Spanish flu helped vaccine manufacturers procure billion dollar checks from governments, even though scientists knew at the time that bacterial pneumonia was the real killer. It is not my opinion that bacterial pneumonia was the real killer - thousands of autopsies confirm this fact.