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  • The Asian Flu of 1957 & The Hong Kong Flu of 1968

    03/18/2020 9:01:45 AM PDT · by Captain Peter Blood · 38 replies
    Self | 03-18-2020 | Captain Peter Blood
    In all of the hysteria we are seeing I think it behooves us to look back at two Pandemics that have happened in the last 65 years that were worse than this, worse than the Swine Flu, SARS, AND MERS in terms of people infected and deaths from it. 1957-1958 Pandemic (H2N2 virus) In February 1957, a new influenza A (H2N2) virus emerged in East Asia, triggering a pandemic (“Asian Flu”). This H2N2 virus was comprised of three different genes from an H2N2 virus that originated from an avian influenza A virus, including the H2 hemagglutinin and the N2 neuraminidase...