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[-] spectre@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Damn I totally would expect "Spanish flu" to redirect to the scientific name of the disease.

[-] edge@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The article is about the pandemic rather than the disease or virus itself. The most accurate name would probably be "1918-1920 flu pandemic". But in general using the common name is understandable.

The article itself begins:

The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu

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