• kyub@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 days ago

    Probably so, but another thing is much more severe today than it ever was back then: the ease and speed of distributing fascist and/or destabilizing propaganda. X, Youtube, Instagram, Tiktok are full of it, and guess where most people hang out on and get their “news” from.

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      2 hours ago

      You had WWI and troops with horses, which were carriers. Sort of an apples and oranges factor, but it’s not like the 1919 flu was happening in a vacuum.