Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Killer 1918 Spanish Flu Recreated

In an effort to understand the deadly 1918 Spanish Flu, scientist have deliberately infected some monkeys to see the effects. It appears that the Spanish Flu is indeed similar to the new H5N1 flu that has proved so deadly.

It kills by provoking an immune response that causes the lungs to fill up with fluid making the patient literally drown. The deadly Spanish 1918 flu killed between 50-100 million people.

I predict that when the current H5N1 virus mutates into a supervirulent strain it will be far worse than the 1918 Spanish Flu ever was. It will cause major chaos as restaurants, cinemas, malls, and sportin events are closed down.

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