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To: nightmarewhileawake

My g g grandfather and his wife and four of their kids died in the 1918 flu epidemic. All within a few days of each other.


57 posted on 01/13/2018 5:21:45 PM PST by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: Terry Mross

My mom (1914-2012) told me and my 3 siblings that she was sick during that epidemic, and she barely made it.


58 posted on 01/13/2018 5:25:31 PM PST by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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1918 vs 2018 ... Well at least we have iv fluids and hospitals to keep us alive now.


60 posted on 01/13/2018 5:26:18 PM PST by nightmarewhileawake
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To: Terry Mross

“My g g grandfather and his wife and four of their kids died in the 1918 flu epidemic. All within a few days of each other.”

My grandmother lost her grandfather and her 2 year old brother to it. She was a newborn at the time.


94 posted on 01/13/2018 8:19:04 PM PST by mom of young patriots
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