Rapid Response Was Crucial to Containing the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Posted by jka on Monday March 16, 2020 @05:06PM
from the nih.gov dept.

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Re:Rapid Response Was Crucial to Containing the 1918 Flu Pan... by IXxXI on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:02PM (#22610986)

There was no rapid response. The military and others routinely broke containment due to the war cause. Allowing the virus to spread.

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Re:Rapid Response Was Crucial to Containing the 1918 Flu Pan... by GJR on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:04PM (#22610406)

Eh? An estimated 40-100 million people died in this outbreak.

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