What's in a name ? Schizophrenia.

I had heard of the 1918 flu pandemic but knew very little about it. The main fact I knew to  be true was that it killed more people than the Great War as it was then known.  Now that we are living through a pandemic I thought I should check on the definition of this word. So a pandemic occurs when people are easily infected with a viral influenza. This virus must have the ability to spread in a sustained manner from person to person. In 1918 the number of infections of Spanish flu  followed an upwards  trajectory as it infected susceptible   people. Measures were then taken such as the closures of  childcare facilities and schools. This is exactly what we are seeing in 2020. The virus which caused the 1918 pandemic was H1N1 a virus of avian origin. It had a 20% mortality and particularly  infected under 5 's, 20-40 year olds and over 65's. Healthy individuals died as well as those with underlying health conditions. The mortality of Covid 19...