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In reply to the discussion: I just watched this PBS Special on line about the 1918 influenza outbreak.... [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)32. Very good point
I never thought of that. The younger generation than mine seems much more into hugging - it's spread up to my generation OK, but the older generation never did that. It's very interesting that could be a factor. Communicable diseases were often deadly and seem to be fading into the past, fortunately.
I noticed the "I love you" thing too, everyone says it now, whereas when I was young, parents and kids did not say it - there's been a cultural shift there to be more verbally demonstrative too. Even your friends say "I love you" now!
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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
#29