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In reply to the discussion: I just watched this PBS Special on line about the 1918 influenza outbreak.... [View all]Javaman
(62,507 posts)12. Thanks for the link. I'm currently reading a book on viral...
diseases, their origins and their effects.
What is usually not said about the 1918 "Spanish flu" is many of the people who died didn't die of the flu directly.
Many surcomed to bacterial infections later on.
This is why current "epidemics" are quickly dealt with for the most part.
However, the CDC and other world agencies are constantly watching the N1H1 virus to see if it's combinds with the N5H1 virus.
That is the biggest worry at the moment.
And on top of all that, the flu virus is constantly evolving.
One day it will hit us hard again. It's not a matter of if.
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I just watched this PBS Special on line about the 1918 influenza outbreak.... [View all]
WCGreen
Feb 2012
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People used to die of many infectious diseases and suffer from parasites like lice
FarCenter
Feb 2012
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That's called a cytokene storm. And the Spanish Flu did mostly kill younger folks
kaiden
Feb 2012
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