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Originally posted by DDay
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And while true that the actual possibility of the H5 ever reaching the US is remote, consider that during the times of other pandemics our modes of transportation weren't what they are today...Snip
H5 is the same as the Spanish flu of 1918 isn't it? that killed 20 million people
Originally posted by gman55
Would we not then be better able to supply those less fortunate? Same amount of food, less people to feed?
Originally posted by DDay
Although attempts were made with two expeditions to the Alaskan Artic to retrieve tissue samples from victims of the Spanish Flu who were buried in permafrost. The operation was called Project George and
Originally posted by FredT
Originally posted by SwearBear
If 50 to +100 million were to die, I'm sure the majority of the dead would be in third world countries and poor areas of western countries.
At least it would get rid of some of the "useless" people
Yeah Hitler had the same plan. This has to be one of the most ignorant statements I have ever seen here on ATS :shk:
Originally posted by FredT
Originally posted by SwearBear
If 50 to +100 million were to die, I'm sure the majority of the dead would be in third world countries and poor areas of western countries.
At least it would get rid of some of the "useless" people
Yeah Hitler had the same plan. This has to be one of the most ignorant statements I have ever seen here on ATS :shk:
Originally posted by DDay
H5 is the same as the Spanish flu of 1918 isn't it? that killed 20 million people
No actually it isn't the same strain. Well correction they have never been able to identify the actual strain that caused the Spanish Flu because we weren't able to isolate the influenza virus until 1933.
The scientists used pieces of virus taken from the corpse of a flu victim, which was dug up from a frozen Alaskan Grave seven years ago. The pieces of virus were bought to life, or resurrected by combining the pieces with modern influenza virus pieces and growing the virus in bacteria. It is believed that several changes in genes caused the 1918 pandemic and the H5N1 Avian Flu is showing early sign of those same changes. Dr Taubenberger, head of the scientific team has now stated that "We now think that the best interpretation of the data available to us is that the 1918 virus was an entirely avian-like virus that adapted to humans,