It is said those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. But what of those who suppress the past, distort it, sanitize it? They are not so blameless. A true warrior knows that hiding from the past is cowardice, but deliberately hiding the past is a grave dishonor.

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What's been wild to me is realizing the hints that the influenza pandemic of "1918-1920" really did last longer than two years, are 100% true, and that there is something in human(?) consciousness/survival instinct, that makes people start denying raging plague after two years have passed.

It can't be a policy thing, when they did *the exact same thing* a hundred years ago! The flu pandemic lasted til 1927, and there are current cases (and deaths) from flu, down to this very day!

Edit: And four variants of influenza that circulate each "season" and some jurisdictions with high vulnerable demographics have TWO flu "seasons" PER YEAR.. Because humans are swarming plague rats, apparently.