[HENRYADAMS]

I have heard the same thing. I was innoculated twice for sure and possibly three times.

Secondly, while nobody wants to get the disease, and assuming the "bug" is not 'tweaked' to make a super bug. The death rate will not be anywhere near the 30 % touted by the media. The reason being the control of secondary infections. This control of say staph and or pneumonia by antibiotics will reduce the death rate. This renders the pre 1946 death statistics suspect.

[rwt60]

In addition, we now have anti-viral medications that have proven effective in reducing the impact of things like flu and other bugs. Much of AIDS research has focused on this type of thing. I think the survival rate would be far higher today than it was 50 years ago.