“” “” As they say in warfare, you always fight your last war. Here they’re still fighting Ebola, so they’re unable to consider that transmission of this bug is far, far easier.”” “”
Time to remember the Spanish flu. It wasn’t awfully long time ago. Wiped out as much as one in five in some countries.
As one who lost a Grandfather and two Granduncles to the Spanish Flu..., I would only point out that it's occurrence was prior to the advent of antibiotics.
"Antibiotics do not work against viruses, only bacteria," the WHO said on its official website, noting that as it was a virus, antibiotics were not effective in preventing or treating it, reports Xinhua news agency...
Time to remember the Spanish flu. It wasn’t awfully long time ago. Wiped out as much as one in five in some countries.
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The Spanish flu:
a) had nothing to do with Spain
b) killed more people than all the guns, bombs, shells and gas of WWI