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5. It didn't. You probably have had it.

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 06:43 AM

Dec 2021

It mutated to a less virulent form. Like omicron appears to be.

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How did the Spanish Flu die out? [View all] no_hypocrisy Dec 2021 OP

My understanding is that that it didn't die out Sherman A1 Dec 2021 #1

People either died or they developed immunity. nt TexasTowelie Dec 2021 #2

It's still around today. Native Dec 2021 #3

What an interesting link Alice Kramden Dec 2021 #7

Makes me wonder if pandemics are part of evolution? Throck Dec 2021 #11

That's the problem with uncontacted tribes IronLionZion Dec 2021 #12

I read about that guy too. BigmanPigman Dec 2021 #13

My dad said his earliest memory was of a neighbor multigraincracker Dec 2021 #4

It didn't. You probably have had it. Loki Liesmith Dec 2021 #5

People still die of the flu, mostly the elderly. Tomconroy Dec 2021 #6

Roughly Feb. 1918 - April 1920 . ... Lovie777 Dec 2021 #8

except smallpox of course - we nailed that one pretty good Blues Heron Dec 2021 #10