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The 1918 Influenza Epidemic
Called the “Spanish” influenza strain, and classified as pandemic, during 1918 and 1919 it is thought to have infected a third of the world population and caused perhaps as many as 50 million deaths, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, which must have been figuratively holding its breath when it admitted deaths could have been nearly double that because many who died during that period were not actually diagnosed, nor were samples taken for lab testing and identification.
In 1918, causes of human flu and its links to avian and swine influenza were not known
Read more: http://diseases-viruses.suite101.com/article.cfm/history_of_swine_flu_outbreaks#ixzz0RyhQgGfY
Miss Fahim the Herb Queen will give us some deep insight on what's going on with this H1n1 Virsus. Don't mis this informative show. |