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To: Darnright

The Canadians blame it on the Chinese, and the British.

https://www.history.com/news/china-epicenter-of-1918-flu-pandemic-historian-says

Note that the standard military treatment for the Flu was 300 mg of Asprin to lower the fever. They patients bled to death in their lungs.


1,346 posted on 03/28/2020 7:51:49 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

“Note that the standard military treatment for the Flu was 300 mg of Asprin to lower the fever. They patients bled to death in their lungs.”
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Yeah. I just read about this recently. Bayer Aspirin was pushing this treatment all over the place...”a half hand-full of Aspirin every four hours...”

Geezo-petes! An argument can be made that regimen severely exacerbated the ravages of the Spanish Flu.


1,435 posted on 03/29/2020 5:36:09 AM PDT by EMI_Guy ("You have to slow down to go fast." - Kenny Roberts)
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