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Wasn't the 1890s a time were Americans were still dying of dysntry?
Cholera, Typhus, Whooping Cough, Tuberculosis, Strident Rubella, Poor Man's Gout, Shanty Fever, Housemaid's Knee, Jungle Rot, The Staggers, Climactic Bouba, Dum-Dum Fever, and The Lurch just to name a few
Many such cases.
Diseases used to have such cooler names. Like if I'm gonna die of some dumb disease can it please not have a bazinga science name? Let it be something like Vulture's Clutch or something with "The" at the front like were all supposed to know what it is.
Petition to rename Covid-19 to The Devil's Gripe
you have died from
And smallpox too! Don't forget that one, deadliest disease in history, the Best, Yuuge Illness! And Trump will open up those bio-labs and bring it back to the American people!