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@Austin_Dern fun fact because we just got curious if there was any connection and looked it up: the etymology of influenza is from the Italian influenza, which now means the same as the english but originally meant "influence (of the stars, astrological)"
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@Felthry Oh yeah! I think I knew that once and had forgotten.

As pre-modern medicine goes the attempted explanation was okay, at least. They got a good bit closer with malaria.

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