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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 ("Hard Drive Cemetary" - forthcoming best seller)

To: Mother Abigail

ping

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.

12 posted on 11/11/2005 5:06:17 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel)

To: patton

I'd heard that about hte 1918 flu, typically killed the healty.

Eat Donuts, and eat them fast!

148 posted on 04/28/2006 1:59:17 PM PDT by Dead Dog

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