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COVID = Flu = Influenza
An Italian word for Seasonal Allergies
Capitalized upon by savvy Jesuits with knowledge of the Sacred Bark (quinine)
influenza (n.)
type of infectious disease, now known to be caused by a virus, usually occurring as an epidemic, with symptoms similar to a severe cold along with high fever and rapid prostration, 1743, borrowed (during an outbreak of the disease in Europe), from Italian influenza "influenza, epidemic," originally "visitation, influence (of the stars)," from Medieval Latin influentia in the astrological sense (see influence).
influence (n.)
late 14c., an astrological term, "streaming ethereal power from the stars when in certain positions, acting upon character or destiny of men," from Old French influence "emanation from the stars that acts upon one's character and destiny" (13c.), also "a flow of water, a flowing in," from Medieval Latin influentia "a flowing in" (also used in the astrological sense), from Latin influentem (nominative influens), present participle of influere "to flow into, stream in, pour in," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).
https://www.etymonline.com/word/influenza
Things that arrive with the stars are matters of timing. Like annual meteor showers, and blooms of tree pollen.
Influenza is a Popular Astrology "allergy"
Think Blooms…some years are good for mushrooms…other's? Meh?