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    Posted May 7, 2009 by
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    How has H1N1 impacted your life?

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    Spanish Influenza Then - Swine Flu Today

    By dasha369  |  Posted May 7, 2009  |  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     

    I was reading "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson, and he mentioned the 1918 Spanish Influenza that killed an estimated 70-100 million people worldwide. The strain of flu was H1N1 - then, and now also called "Swine Flu". Bryson ironically stated, "who knows if this flu will ever resurface - and what will the impact be?" Here we are - facing the largest biological epidemic that mankind has ever faced.

     

    Additional Information:

    http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

     

    etc. I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned on mainstream news.

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