Mortality rate was about 2 1/2 % for those infected
Ironically the disease killed mostly the young and healthy
by triggering a violent immune response which damaged the
lung causing them to fill with blood and fluids
Estimated 670,000 died in US from the Flu or Pneumonia
resulting from it
Current nasty flu making rounds is H3N@ (called Hong Kong flu from 1968 pandemic)
Glad you posted that. That is the key fact people need to know abou these superflus! They get healthy people not sick/old/young like normal flu.
My Dad’s 28 year old brother and same age SIL were never sick with the exception on an occasional cold.
Are you referring to a current flu in the fall of 2019? The article refers to a bad flu that year, but the article is from January 2018.
Yes - the fit young people died at a higher rate. Called a Cytokine storm. I am one of those that believes WW I was “called” on the account of the flu. And then picked up again as WW II due to all of the unfinished business. I’m no expert though.