16-12-2018, 05:43 PM
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Re: Flu jab 2018 booked
Originally Posted by May
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Oh Gawd!...make it stop puleeze...My temperature rises every time I look at this thread..ok..I know...stop lookin' You silly Woman 
17-12-2018, 02:53 PM
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Re: Flu jab 2018 booked
Originally Posted by Muddy
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They do the flu jab in Spain so must be.
17-12-2018, 03:00 PM
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Re: Flu jab 2018 booked
Originally Posted by Judd
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The euphemistically called `Spanish` flu was a world-wide pandemic one hundred years ago and is estimated to have killed between 50-100 million world wide including warmer climes such as Indonesia and the South Pacific islands so local temperatures have little to do with the flu's virulence.
Also in the article it notes the number of Americans killed by Spanish flu.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/life/h...deadly-season/
17-12-2018, 03:24 PM
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Re: Flu jab 2018 booked
Originally Posted by Judd
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The euphemistically called `Spanish` flu was a world-wide pandemic one hundred years ago and is estimated to have killed between 50-100 million world wide including warmer climes such as Indonesia and the South Pacific islands so local temperatures have little to do with the flu's virulence.
"Much of the high death rate can be attributed to crowding in military camps and urban environments, as well as poor nutrition and sanitation, which suffered during wartime. It’s now thought that many of the deaths were due to the development of bacterial pneumonias in lungs weakened by influenza"
"Scientists now believe that the marked increase in deaths in the second wave was caused by conditions that favored the spread of a deadlier strain. People with mild cases stayed home, but those with severe cases were often crowded together in hospitals and camps, increasing transmission of a more lethal form of the virus."
"In fact, the vast majority of the people who contracted the 1918 flu survived. National death rates among the infected generally did not exceed 20 percent. "
"One hypothesis suggests that many flu deaths could actually be attributed to aspirin poisoning. Medical authorities at the time recommended large doses of aspirin of up to 30 grams per day. Today, about four grams would be considered the maximum safe daily dose. Large doses of aspirin can lead to many of the pandemic’s symptoms, including bleeding. "
http://theconversation.com/the-great...ts-wrong-89841
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