[concerned about politics]

BTW, from what I understand the strain that caused the 1918 pandemic is still out there living in ducks and most likely it'll some day take the jump again from ducks to humans.

SARS came from fowl. Maybe it already did.

[Proud_texan]

Good point, it could be it or at least a varient but from what I've read most (but not all) animal/human virus jumps are from either water fowl or swine.

The 1918 version is interesting history.

My father told me that it was so bad that one day you'd see somebody walking down the street and the next day they'd be dead. Most casualities were between 20 and 40 years, not the very young and very old as is common. If I recall correctly it dropped the average life span in the US by 10 years.

Worldwide it killed over 70 million and then one day just went dormant.

[leu25iso]

SARS came from fowl

SARS probably came from masked palm civets.