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Originally Posted by freezin
Aren't the comparisons between present day flu strains and the 1918 epidemic a bit over the top? In 1918 the population had been ground down by 4 years of war, and medical treatment then wasn't what it is now.
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Thats quite a good point, however, one Billion people caught the flu, this was at a time when international travel was nowhere near as common as it is today, now, millions of people roam the world freely. How would those numbers transpose today?
Flue is an airborne virus, one which mutates, foul or swine, who knows where it gets to, or who carries it. How many of us catch a cough or a chill by traveling on an aircraft, 200 people breathing the same air? What about the 500 people plodding round the cattle pens in the airports?
Come to think of it, next time I go to Spain I think I`l wear my respirator!
Local councils, emergency services regularly carry out drills, based on scenarios relating to, war, epidemics, civil uprising, etc. Areas for graves are allocated, as are buildings suitable as hospitals.
If the 1918 flu became active, & spread, then it would kill again, perhaps more than 20 million, my point is, there is no cure, for this, or any other flu virus.