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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I wouldn't underestimate the archival challenge here, though, especially if you're looking at early on in Central Asia and the Caucuses, that would probably entail several different research languages *and* the medical terminology or popular euphemisms in each of them.
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For whatever it's worth, I've repeatedly pestered
@pickettzoda about combing through his gigabytes of documents for relevant references - but apparently there was surprisingly little discussion in either the religious or political records compared to cholera outbreaks. - Show replies
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