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Originally Posted by _Richard_
are you sure? what other massive flu epidemics have we had?
in 1917 the world population was 1.8 billion people.. and somehow, in an area that had a bunch of dead bodies rotting in the mud, sparked a flu that killed off more people than the original war to begin with
now, we have 6 billion people, no massive trench wars, and yet, no massive flu. We have all the organizations of course, all the tax dollars going to pay these wonderful doctors and lawyers and politicians.. but.. no flu.
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There have been several flu pandemics, but the Spanish flu was the most fatal in recorded history.
I would say the blame probably lies with the particular strain (H1N1), though other factors that reduced the populations ability to cope with infection (such as access to clean water and balanced nutrition) may certainly have played a role.
Just as this years flu appears to be more lethal than last years, though environmental factors appear to be relatively constant.