“When the Spanish flu was killing people, we had no antibiotics for any secondary infections involving bacteria, we had very little access to IV technology for hydration (that took off in the 1950s), and aspirin was considered new, cutting edge treatment for fever.
The high death rate for Spanish Flu says a lot about the medical situation in 1918.”
Exactly. I made this point in a discussion with a friend yesterday.
[Exactly. I made this point in a discussion with a friend yesterday.]
Where are the antibiotics manufactured? How great is the stockpile? Foreign sourced?