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Spanish Flu 1920 Details Part 3
Spanish Flu 1920 Details Part 3
to.. Aspirin Poisoning Hypothesis. The entry doesn't describe a factual event it states the
researchers conclusion about a time period during the pandemic and notes that the conclusion
is debated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.153.174.183 (talk) 01:43, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Please vote! On Friday June 5 I'll make this change if we have a majority. For now it's
+1 :) DallasFletcher (talk) 06:33, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
There does need to be consistency throughout the article, as previously discussed. The
opening sentence is saying 1918-19, while the infobox is saying 1918-20. This is due to
differences over the significance of the fourth wave. This needs to be ironed out.--
♦IANMACM♦ (talk to me) 10:52, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
We don't vote! and we certainly don't set deadlines, but I agree.Graham Beards (talk)
11:33, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! I don't know the protocol for proposing structural edits. I suggested a date
because I don't want this to linger indefinitely. Let's see who else weighs in soon, of
course anybody can revert my edit in the future DallasFletcher (talk) 06:32, 1 June 2020
(UTC)
Please replace:
In Brazil, 300,000 died, including president Rodrigues Alves.
with:
In Brazil, 35,000 died, including president Rodrigues Alves.
because:
The current figure is wildly incorrect. Although there is some uncertainty, the actual figure
agreed upon most sources is almost ten times lower than what is currently appearing in the
Wikipedia entry. The Wikipedia entry in Portuguese has the correct figure:
"Ainda nas Américas, a pandemia resultou em, ao mínimo, 35 mil mortos no Brasil,
incluindo o presidente Rodrigues Alves."[86]
[87] https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gripe_espanhola
Source:
Andrade, Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade. A time of chaos: 100 years ago, Spanish flu
wreaked havoc worldwide, killing 30 million people and 35,000 in Brazil alone.” Pesquisa
FAPESP 266 (April 2018). Retrieved 5 June 2020. https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/a-
time-of-chaos/
Arkel Buch (talk) 11:49, 5 June 2020 (UTC) Arkel Buch (talk) 11:49, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
The problem as ever is that the figures for the death toll are an estimate. In all countries,
it was impossible to say exactly how many people died, leading to widely varying
estimates. The figure of 300,000 deaths in Brazil is also sourced here. It's always a
problem to know what to do when the sourcing varies considerably.--♦IANMACM♦ (talk to
me)
18:02, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
The Etymology section is a mess. Editors have made opinion contributions, rather than
editorial which has nothing to do with the situation and perpetuates meta-
discourse. 24.56.35.100 (talk) 05:34, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Not done. Need a specific edit request, like change x to y. El_C 05:37, 9 June 2020
(UTC)