What caused the flu pandemic of 1918-1919

What caused the flu pandemic of 1918-1919

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The causes weren’t determined since they didn’t study the pandemic until after it happened. The virus probably mutated repeatedly.

How does this H1N1 virus differ from the H1N1 that caused the Spa…?

http://faadke.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/facts-and-fiction-about-swine-fluh1n1-faqs/

That virus developed various changes over the years, so it’s similar but not identical to its ancestor _ like a grandson who resembles but also differs from his grandfather. So far, H1N1 is not as virulent as the previous strain, but that c…

How to Survive a Flu Pandemic — Lessons from 1918–1919?

http://www.jwatch.org/cgi/collectionArchive/respiratory-infections?page=10

Implementing public health interventions lowered mortality rates in U.S. cities during the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic. By Richard T. Ellison III, MD August 22, 2007 Covering: Markel H et al., JAMA 2007 Aug 8; 298:644-54

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Swine flu epidemic or just another media scare?

Q: Every year certain ‘officials’ push the panic button on some virus that supposedly, according to them, could spread quickly and kill hundreds of thousands if not millions ( the favorite source being the 1918-1919 world wide pandemic that killed a reported 40 to 50 million people).And then I read this:”Flu deaths are nothing new in the United States or elsewhere. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 36,000 people died of flu-related causes each year, on average, during the 1990s in the United States.” 36,000?? Each year?… Okay, so what’s the big scare now with swine flu? There have so far been less than 200 people infected and killed by this so-called super-bug.Why is the media so bent on scaring the pants off of people?

A: Another media scare. Im going to keep eating sausages