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To: HiTech RedNeck
"Some viruses will provoke cytokine storms in particularly robust immune systems.

Isn't that a suspected reason for the death rate of the 1918 Spanish flu?

14 posted on 04/25/2009 6:40:08 PM PDT by Big_Monkey
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To: Big_Monkey
Isn't that a suspected reason for the death rate of the 1918 Spanish flu?

Yes. Much like this outbreak, the 1918 flu killed mostly the 20-45 age group.

16 posted on 04/25/2009 6:42:08 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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