[vannrox]

I disagree with the findings and opinion here, but an ok read anyways.

[Restorer]

Antibiotics are not a fail-safe for the complications of influenza, since antibiotic resistance is on the rise. "You get an unfortunate synergy between the emergence of flu and the complications that produce resistance to antibiotics," Hughes warns. "When we get the emergence of the next pandemic strain it is likely to spread worldwide. It won't kill everyone . . . it may not be as bad [as the Spanish flu], but you'll have to deal with antibiotic resistance. And it could be as bad."

Somebody doesn't have their facts straight. Flue is caused by a virus, and antibiotics don't work on viruses at all. For that matter, we have very few effective treatments for viral diseases in general. Vaccination works, but that's a preventive, not a treatment.

[Restorer]

U.S. war casualties since the Civil War are slightly greater than 1 million. Worldwide, the Spanish flu is thought to have killed more than 20 million.

Another stupidity. I suspct the author believes casualties = deaths. Actual American war deaths during this period were actually just a little over 1/2 million.

[aSkeptic]

with maybe the exception of solyent green, these are all terrible movies... IMO. I hope the real end of the world is better directed