CV and mad panic behaviour

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Apparently reporting of “Spanish” flu was suppressed by the warring nations.  As Spain wasn’t involved in the war, its media was free to report anything.

While there was no air travel, tens of thousands of military personnel were transported to and from the war.  Returning servicemen brought the virus to Australia.

Yes, one current hypothesis is that Spanish Flu actually started in the USA or at least accelerated there, it may have come out of Sth America or Africa, more importantly there is also some strong evidence that if the USA had been forthright in reporting the Spanish Flu rather than hiding it for political/military reasons millions might have been saved. Which seems ironic given the current argy bargy about China.

China's political position is interesting, even though it has technology and manufacturing capacity it has almost no resources that it needs to take advantage of it's other strengths, some analysts claim the only way forward for China on this trajectory is war and I'm sure nobody wins that! They also have huge domestic problems, a rapidly aging population and massive domestic debt that will almost certainly default if not on technical grounds then cultural grounds.