reply to post by Hx3_1963
I'm gonna repost some info that i've posted on on other threads before.
Nearly all those who died in Mexico were between 20 and 40 years old, and they died of severe pneumonia from a flu-like illness believed caused by
a unique swine flu virus.
Health experts worry about a flu that kills healthy young adults - a hallmark of the worst global flu epidemics. Deaths from most ordinary flu
outbreaks occur among the very young and very old
In Mexico, about 70 deaths out of roughly 1,000 cases represents a fatality rate of about 7 percent. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19, which
killed an estimated 40 million worldwide, had a fatality rate of about 2.5 percent.
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Now all of the above is referring to the present flu outbreak.
Everything below is referring to the 1918 "Spanish Flu" pandemic.
The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) was an influenza pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world. It was
caused by an unusually virulent and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1
Most of its victims were healthy young adults, in contrast to most influenza outbreaks which predominantly affect juvenile, elderly, or otherwise
weakened patients
Among the conclusions of this research is that the virus kills via a cytokine storm (overreaction of the body's immune system) which explains its
unusually severe nature and the concentrated age profile of its victims. The strong immune systems of young adults ravaged the body, whereas the
weaker immune systems of children and middle-aged adults caused fewer deaths.
The majority of deaths were from bacterial pneumonia, a secondary infection caused by influenza, but the virus also killed people directly,
causing massive hemorrhages and edema in the lung.[10]
Another unusual feature of this pandemic was that it mostly killed young adults, with 99% of pandemic influenza deaths occurring in people under
65, and more than half in young adults 20 to 40 years old
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There are just way too many similarities between this present flu outbreak and the 1918 pandemic for me to believe that the two are not somehow
connected
Some might ask, but how could they be connected?
Scientists have used tissue samples from frozen victims to reproduce the virus for study. Given the strain's extreme virulence there has been
controversy regarding the wisdom of such research
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