There were whole neighborhoods quarantined during that outbreak in ‘57
I’m 75 and in good health....but can’t get away from the fact that at 75....your lungs are simply not operating at full throttle.
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The 1957 flu pandemic was second only to the Spanish Flu in terms of infection and CFR. The 68 flu pandemic was not as intense. There was a late 1970’s flu scare, called the Russian Flu which was thought to be a very similar strain of the Spanish flu.
The Wuhan virus panic is entirely dem/media-driven. The weaponization of an outbreak for political purposes.
Many many more people have been infected by other viral outbreaks. The common flu dwarfs this in sheer numbers of infections and deaths. Yet, the drumbeat of we’re all doomed because Trump continues unabated.
Today’s presser was a good example of this. The foreign press asked pointed questions politely and listened to the president’s answers. Our press was in full attack and accuse mode.
I had Asian flu when I was 3 years old, and my Mother had it at the same time. All I remember is that one of my aunts bought me a stuffed elephant. Lol. I don’t know if we were quarantined though.
I had Asian flu (China was the origin!). At age 11 after earlier childhood of rheumatic fever and being kept out of school in 1954 and not allowed any gym class or sports or play time, here I was sick in bed.
I distinctly listening to the small am radio by my bed and hearing over and over “beep,beep,beep” “That sound is from space where the Earth has a new second Moon, the Soviet Sputnik now circling the globe.”
Analysis was that the Soviets could now use space satellites to bomb and destroy the United States.
News stories also discussed the thousands of people dead rom the Asian flu from which I then suffered. Not comforting.
I was midway thru Basic at Ft. Gordon, GA when that came along. We took a little extra care when in the barracks at night for a week or two, and then all clear, as I recall.
I remember the Asian flu in 1957. I was boy at the time. Both my parents and my brother got the flue but I did not even though I was living in the same household. I’ve counted myself lucky ever since then.
The one in 1968-69 was the Hong Kong flu. I got it. It wasn’t fun. I also got the 2012 H1N1 again wasn’t fun
“”Sounds like this pandemic was worse than the one in the late 60’s.””
I don’t remember the 1957 one - had just moved from NY State to CA then but I sure remember the Hong Kong Flu in 1969...I don’t think I’ve ever had the flu since and I didn’t start flu shots until 2015 or so - first shot I’d ever had in my then 70+ years. Hubby has severe COPD, I have mild COPD and was convinced not to take any chances. He’s on 24/7 oxygen. He doesn’t leave the house except for doctor appointments and we got three of those out of the way this month and I don’t expect to take him out again - hopefully until this is all over. I have to shop for the same old stuff - milk/bread/eggs....No stocking up on those.
And remember that a cold is a virus. What’s the big deal over this?
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What’s different today is that Trump is being held to an impossibly high standard to prevent the spread of an infectious disease for political gain. The economic cost of trying to halt virus with a low death rate is enormous. The cure is worse than the disease. Geographical quarantines are next. Can you say escape from New York?
Merkel in Germany is taking a hands off approach and letting the virus run its course. She estimate 60% to 70% of Germans will get infected with a shrug.
I doubt we’ll see Walking Dead like carnage but panic could rapidly get out of control especially in dense urban areas.