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General Category => Science and Technology => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on January 12, 2018, 11:16:57 AM

Title: The 'Spanish' flu pandemic
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 12, 2018, 11:16:57 AM

Interesting little article for the centenary


http://www.nhregister.com/news/article/The-greatest-pandemic-in-history-was-100-years-12490109.php
Title: Re: The 'Spanish' flu pandemic
Post by: Rhiannon on January 12, 2018, 11:55:03 AM
Timely article. I want to scream at the reporting of the ‘Aussie Flu pandemic’ in the papers, and the inaccurate reporting generally.
Title: Re: The 'Spanish' flu pandemic
Post by: Dicky Underpants on January 12, 2018, 03:41:35 PM
Quote from: Rhiannon on January 12, 2018, 11:55:03 AM
Timely article. I want to scream at the reporting of the ‘Aussie Flu pandemic’ in the papers, and the inaccurate reporting generally.

Read something about that having reached Ireland, and having killed 50 people. Also very little immunity conferred by vaccine against this strain. Any updates?  Are we all doomed?
Title: Re: The 'Spanish' flu pandemic
Post by: Rhiannon on January 12, 2018, 04:05:18 PM
Quote from: Dicky Underpants on January 12, 2018, 03:41:35 PM
Read something about that having reached Ireland, and having killed 50 people. Also very little immunity conferred by vaccine against this strain. Any updates?  Are we all doomed?

Yahoo News are now calling it Japanese Flu. This is clearly a serious mutation.
Title: Re: The 'Spanish' flu pandemic
Post by: floo on January 25, 2018, 04:44:29 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42737326

The flu epidemic is peaking. My husband and I had our flu jabs in October, I hope they have given us some protection.

Title: Re: The 'Spanish' flu pandemic
Post by: Steve H on February 16, 2018, 09:54:28 AM
I seem to have escaped. Anyway, it didn't come to much.
Title: Re: The 'Spanish' flu pandemic
Post by: Steve H on February 20, 2018, 11:27:29 AM
Quote from: Steve H on February 16, 2018, 09:54:28 AM
I seem to have escaped. Anyway, it didn't come to much.
I spoke too soon. I've got flu now.