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Originally posted by eradown
reply to post by AUM68
If they thought Spanish flu was the ultimate weapon they were wrong. Several factors aided spanish flu: T.B., WWI, and aspirin. T.B. was more common in this time. Swine flu was able cause the damage it did in Mexico ,because many people in Mexico have drug resistant T.B. Diseases are spread during times of war because many people are weakened. This may have been worse during World War I because of the use of Mustard gas. The misuse of aspirin also made people sicker. The strength of aspirin and the dosages it was given in varied considerably from pharmacist to pharmacist. This actually aided the virus.
Originally posted by AUM68
reply to post by On the Edge
Yeah, I am no scientist either - and as you I try to see the bigger picture,
I have always learned that bacteriological wafare is to be avoided, because it is so difficult to control ie diseases, pandemics and so.
Lets see what other say
Originally posted by eradown
reply to post by Kailassa
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More information on aspirins role in the Spanish flu.
home.earthlink.net...
This has more details on the problem Mexico has with drug resistant T.B. T.B. could only aggravate any flu.
www.usaid.gov...
Originally posted by Kailassa
Originally posted by eradown
reply to post by AUM68
If they thought Spanish flu was the ultimate weapon they were wrong. Several factors aided spanish flu: T.B., WWI, and aspirin. T.B. was more common in this time. Swine flu was able cause the damage it did in Mexico ,because many people in Mexico have drug resistant T.B. Diseases are spread during times of war because many people are weakened. This may have been worse during World War I because of the use of Mustard gas. The misuse of aspirin also made people sicker. The strength of aspirin and the dosages it was given in varied considerably from pharmacist to pharmacist. This actually aided the virus.
Do you have any reference for the information that aspirin made it worse, and do you mean in 1918 or in Mexico?
I'm asking because I've been advising people to avoid aspirin if they have swine flu, for fear of it helping the lungs break down faster in the event of cytokine storm. However I'm only using logic, and have no documentation to back this up.