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RandySF

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Thu Feb 27, 2020, 10:42 PM Feb 2020

My grandmother almost died from the Spanish flu. That's why Coronavirus makes me nervous, [View all]

Grandma was a teenager when the Spanish Influenza its way through Appalachia and my mom recounted the story coughing and sneezing blood against the walls. And while medically technology is far more advanced, our health officials are clueless.

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