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originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: M5xaz
Spanish flu took almost a decade to stop its spread, and it only stopped because of vaccines.
originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: M5xaz
Spanish flu took almost a decade to stop its spread, and it only stopped because of vaccines.
When technology works for humanity, its not profit, its just working.
Spanish flu took almost a decade to stop its spread, and it only stopped because of vaccines.
Covid-19 came from SARS-CoV-2, both being virus
originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: M5xaz
Just because you come out guns a blazing and yelling doesn't mean you're right.
The Spanish flu caused the world to look for more alternatives and not rely on viruses to just rip through populations killing millions of people to gain immunity.
It promoted us, humans, people, to work towards a vaccine program to fight agaisnt influenza, and it's worked so far.
Also, why not work towards a vaccine during a pandemic? We isolated covid within weeks in dozens of different places around the world, hell, a hospital down the road from where I work did it alone. Get down to reality, just because YOU don't agree with medical science, doesn't mean they're wrong.
The 1918 flu pandemic lasted about 18 months and ended after either people had been exposed to the virus or it became less life threatening.
Historically, most pandemics end within 2 to 3 years as the virus mutates into a less virulent pathogen and the population builds up immunity. This is what happened to the influenza strain behind the 1918 flu pandemic, and what many virologists hope will happen with the coronavirus — whether that happens with Omicron, a variant that appears to cause milder infections, or another future variant is unknown.
originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: Asmodeus3
They started working on the vaccine after the utter disaster of a response to the Spanish flu, and all sorts of vaccines were developed, but since the technology was rather new nothing was working, then around the 1930s they started noticing people just weren't developing antibodies to influenza and people started taking it more seriously and isolated the virus. From there a proper vaccine was made.
Why are you being so naive to the fact that pandemics don't just, end, they linger on, there's still strains of Spanish flu floating around to this day.
Spanish flu took almost a decade to stop its spread, and it only stopped because of vaccines.
originally posted by: Itisnowagain
a reply to: strongfp
Spanish flu took almost a decade to stop its spread, and it only stopped because of vaccines.
Can I see some links about that please?
originally posted by: Asmodeus3
originally posted by: Itisnowagain
a reply to: strongfp
Spanish flu took almost a decade to stop its spread, and it only stopped because of vaccines.
Can I see some links about that please?
You just have to wait for an infinite amount of time.
Covid-19 came from SARS-CoV-2, both being virus
You keep going down this path no one will ever take you serious again
www.livescience.com...
The virus responsible for the 1918 influenza pandemic still circulates today. But it was much deadlier then, mainly because humans today are descended from people who survived the infection more than a hundred years ago and so they've inherited some form of genetic immunity, Calvignac-Spencer said.
originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: MaxxAction
You keep going down this path no one will ever take you serious again
No one ever takes me seriously anyways around here. I go agaisnt the grain and it's like I'm a government agent spying on you guys or something.