Posted on 12/02/2021 9:58:40 PM PST by Az Joe
In 1918, a novel strand of influenza killed more people than the 14th century’s Black Plague. At least 50 million people died worldwide because of that H1N1 influenza outbreak. The dead were buried in mass graves. In Philadelphia, one of the hardest-hit cities in the country, priests collected bodies with horse-drawn carriages. In the middle of today’s novel coronavirus outbreak, some are turning to the conclusion of past pandemics to discern how and when life might “return to normal.” The Washington Post has received a few dozen questions from readers who want historical context for our current epidemic. But how did the deadliest pandemic ever recorded come to an end? Over time, those who contracted the virus developed an immunity to the novel strand of influenza, and life returned to normal by the early 1920s, according to historians and medical experts. Reports at the time suggest the virus became less lethal as the pandemic carried on in waves.
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“The 1918 flu is still with us, in that sense,” said Ann Reid, the executive director of the National Center for Science Education who successfully sequenced the genetic makeup of the 1918 influenza virus in the 1990s. “It never went away.”
Yo, WAPO idiots, were mask mandated? Were vaccines mandated? Were lockdowns mandated? Yeah, I thought so. Idiots!
huh?
It’s from 2020
Actually, masks *were* mandated for that flu, in various areas.
Nation wide? Yeah, thought so.
You make no point.
Slowing the spread increased the mutations in COVID. Wearing a warm, nasty mask is like a beach vacation for viruses.
There is evidence the same political victors in 2020 were involved in creating this plandemic for their own wealth and power.
Viri can only grow inside live hosts, they are not bacterium which is what you are thinking of. Masks that are saturated and at body temp can and do grow vast amounts of bacterium,however viri can only replicate inside living host cells. In David’s case it needs live ACE2 receptor possessing cells to bind to and replicate. Dirty masks are a bacterium risk but pose no threat for viri incubation.
Grrr autocorrect. David’s = covid’s
There are plenty of photographs on the internet from 1919 - 1920 showing entire crowds of masked individuals as well as placards describing legal restrictions in the local jurisdictions.
They had no vaccines, but all the other ‘solutions’ that we are familiar with were utilized.
True. A good tagline or meme would be, “Masks are vacation spots for viruses”.
And in hindsight for decades since, as the ‘lessons’ of that pandemic, all those familiar solutions were decried as less than useless
Obviously, you are someone who really knows what he is talking about. That is rare nowadays.
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