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Comparing Covid-19 to the ‘Spanish Flu’ Just Shows How Badly We Screwed This One Up
As of this week, covid-19 is officially the deadliest pandemic ever recorded in the U.S., trumping the 1918-19 pandemic influenza. It’s understandable for people to make the comparison between the two horrific diseases, but there are many reasons why they’re not so analogous, some of which only highlight the dismal response that the U.S. has…
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Health Officials in China Report First Human Case of H10N3 Bird Flu
On Tuesday, health officials in China reported the first known human case of a particular strain of avian influenza called H10N3. The victim, a 41-year-old man residing in Jiangsu, was hospitalized in late April and diagnosed with the virus on May 28. Officials said that the man has since recovered and would be leaving the…