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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wasn't it in 1968 that we had the Hong Kong flu ?
I remember that very well,, all my brothers and I were sick.
The Hong Kong flu here in the US in 1968 , 50 years after this pandemic.
7 posted on 12/29/2008 4:43:38 PM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

I don’t remember the exact year- but I remember my whole family had it and we were so sick we skipped Christmas, none of us even cared about our presents under the tree until about New Years. The sickest I have ever been, I thought we were all going to die from that stuff.


22 posted on 12/29/2008 5:05:43 PM PST by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness
Wasn't it in 1968 that we had the Hong Kong flu ?

Asian influenza pandemic of 1957-1958 ... I was there and suffered thru an attack in March 1958. This evidently helped immunize me against the Hong Kong flu a decade later because the Hong Kong flu wasn't an issue for me ... entirely clear of any symptoms.

27 posted on 12/29/2008 5:17:55 PM PST by BluH2o
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To: Prophet in the wilderness
"I remember that very well,, all my brothers and I were sick. The Hong Kong flu here in the US in 1968 , 50 years after this pandemic. ..

I remember it very well... I was sick for over a year, once the flu was "gone".

Took me a few years more before I was really over it.

Nasty business.

52 posted on 12/29/2008 8:12:05 PM PST by drc43 (Finally , we fooled enough of you... now we can screw you totally!!!....Nancy Pelosi)
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