Originally Posted by
Going Boeing
100 years ago, the Spanish Flu spread around the world very quickly via sea transport & that was with a much lower population that was more widely dispersed.
Quite possible it was quicker as each ship would have had all its occupants infected by the time it arrived. Flights are short and confined, with a low infection risk of hours not days.
Originally Posted by
airdualbleedfault
As a wise (not) old man used to say "someone should have drowned the Wright brothers at birth"
And what difference would that have made?
Originally Posted by
kingRB
in other recent news, the sky is blue
Is it really blue? Discuss