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2023-06-07 00:31:50 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

https://twitter.com/ErrataRob/status/1666239147986788354 Fact-check: Yes, we closed schools in 1918 during the Spanish Flu pandemic. https://nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-cities-flattened-curve-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic-coronavirus Penicillin attacks bacteria, flu/covid are viruses. These are different things, you wouldn't treat flue/covid with an antibiotic.

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• https://twitter.com/ErrataRob/status/1666239147986788354 Fact-check: Yes, we closed schools in 1918 during the Spanish Flu pandemic. https://nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-cities-flattened-curve-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic-coronavirus Penicillin attacks bacteria, flu/covid are viruses. These are different things, you wouldn't treat flue/covid with an antibiotic.