Do people know that the 1890 pandemic was likely caused by another coronavirus, OC43 (that was then novel?) Nowadays, no longer novel, it is one of the causes of the common cold. We're obviously not living in the OC43 pandemic since, and we won't live in a COVID pandemic forever.
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Replying to @zeynep @VoiceOfFranky
I thought it was an H2 flu? That's fascinating...is this based on banked sera?
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The H2 finding is also based on *really* flimsy evidence. It's a single serology study from the 1950s comparing influenza recognition between people born before and after 1890. It was done under the assumption that it must have been flu. All we know is h2 was circulating
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