LL> The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent
LL> history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin.
LL> Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus
LL> originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919.
 
Man, such crossposted texts heavily remind me of Roy Witt who did the same and
also made it look as if he was universally knowledgeable about "whatever".
 
The 1918-1920 pandemic happened because of WW1 ... and spread initially in
particular by US troop movements, the fact that news was censored, the warring
parties did not cooperate while the fighting was still going on, malnourishment
of people, low morale, reduced physical resistance due to the fighting and more
...
 
I remember my grand-parents discussing this and their story is that most people
in the European lowlands who died of an illness, died of typhoid which had easy
targets in people weakened already by the flu. The flu in itself was not the
big killer, secondary causes were.
 
Same it is with the Corona-virus, same it is every spring when the flu
arrives...the problem 'now' being science didn't see it coming nor was it
prepared for the variation but the worldwide near-immediate response was a
result of our communication-society ... and with all due respect for the
Chinese victims: PTL for the downfall of Communism otherwise there might
already have been 20 million dead in China before the news got out.
 
The typical seasonal flu has a mortality rate between 290,000 and 650,000 per
year... just sayin' ...
 
 \%/@rd

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