To: blam
OMG - it is the 1918 flu. That is exactly what happened - it killed all of the young and healthy, thus ending WWI.
4 posted on
11/11/2005 4:44:27 PM PST by
patton
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To: Mother Abigail
5 posted on
11/11/2005 4:45:58 PM PST by
null and void
(The enemy of my enemy is my tool...)
To: patton
Yep. Maybe not the same flu, but the same mechanism.
6 posted on
11/11/2005 4:46:45 PM PST by
null and void
(The enemy of my enemy is my tool...)
To: patton
"OMG - it is the 1918 flu. That is exactly what happened - it killed all of the young and healthy." Maybe being an old fart does have some advantages.
8 posted on
11/11/2005 4:52:17 PM PST by
blam
To: patton
"OMG - it is the 1918 flu. That is exactly what happened - it killed all of the young and healthy, thus ending WWI." Yup--it got my Grand-dad in Louisiana. His daughter (my mom) was four years old at the time.
To: patton
I'd heard that about hte 1918 flu, typically killed the healty.
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