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PatSeg

(47,496 posts) Sat Apr 4, 2020, 05:47 PM Apr 2020

How many times will Trump call it the "1917 Flu"?

I have heard him say it on at least three separate occasions now and today he repeated it several times. One time is a misstatement, but apparently he still thinks it was the 1917 Flu, not the 1918 Flu.

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How many times will Trump call it the "1917 Flu"? (Original Post) PatSeg Apr 2020 OP

Probably a shout out to his buddy Putin, lauding the February and October revolutions of 1917. Anon-C Apr 2020 #1

Because he's a fucking idiot jpak Apr 2020 #2

Or, as health experts and historians call it, the 1918 PANDEMIC (emphasis mine). niyad Apr 2020 #3

My uncle died of The Spanish Flu CountAllVotes Apr 2020 #4

That flu wasn't anything "Spanish" but "Kansasish"... Lock him up. Apr 2020 #9

It was a tragic loss CountAllVotes Apr 2020 #10

He probably recently watched the movie Chainfire Apr 2020 #5

You know that dawned on me PatSeg Apr 2020 #7

Ten seconds with a Sharpie and it WILL BE the 1917 flu. Hugin Apr 2020 #6

Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Apr 2020 #8

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)

1. Probably a shout out to his buddy Putin, lauding the February and October revolutions of 1917.

Reply to PatSeg (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 05:56 PM

Apr 2020

jpak

(41,758 posts)

2. Because he's a fucking idiot

Reply to PatSeg (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 05:56 PM

Apr 2020

Worst president ever

niyad

(113,336 posts)

3. Or, as health experts and historians call it, the 1918 PANDEMIC (emphasis mine).

Reply to PatSeg (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 05:57 PM

Apr 2020

CountAllVotes

(20,875 posts)

4. My uncle died of The Spanish Flu

Reply to PatSeg (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 06:02 PM

Apr 2020

That is what it says on his death certificate from 1918.

Cause of death: The Spanish Flu

Lock him up.

(6,930 posts)

9. That flu wasn't anything "Spanish" but "Kansasish"...

Reply to CountAllVotes (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 06:09 PM

Apr 2020

Back then, any "news" of it was censured by the US, Britain, France, and Germany, while Spain (a neutral nation then) began to report about it.

Condolences for your loss.

CountAllVotes

(20,875 posts)

10. It was a tragic loss

Reply to Lock him up. (Reply #9)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 06:16 PM

Apr 2020

He was an attorney in San Francisco and a member of the Calif. State Assembly.

He was in his early 40's, his prime in life.

He left behind a wife (my grand aunt) and three children.

The house they lived in is still there today ironically on 16th street in San Francisco. It is a historical landmark today being it survived the 1906 earthquake.

I was shocked to find it as I figured it to be long gone. I was so very wrong. It has been all restored and looks real fancy!

My great grandfather, a survivor of the Great Famine in Ireland, had it built for his family in the late 1800's!

A story to be told, a story to remember -- a casualty of a pandemic is what happened. Luckily, they had a place to live!

Thanks for the kind words!