From 1919:
In sixteen months the “Spanish Flu” as it was termed by some had whipped around the world killing some twenty to forty million worldwide. More died in those months than during the four years of the Bubonic Plague (1347-1351). Overall the United States was the least affected with some 675,000 deaths. The biological origins of the flu may have been from birds, transmitted to pigs, and as it mutated to humans. It was the most devastating epidemic in recorded history and depressed life expectancy in the United States by ten years. With the close of the war in Europe and the transition to the roaring twenties those who survived tried to move on. The impact was hard to measure at the time but the destabilization in Spain with the death of the King was the precursor to events that would contribute to the unthinkable Second Great War.Read more: "The 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic: A Devastating Epidemic" - http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_19181919_influenza_pandemic#ixzz0Dur1oykd&A
From 2009:
"Ominous developments Monday in the swine flu epidemic — a jump to 149 deaths and more signs that the virus can jump repeatedly from human to human — prompted the World Health Organization to raise its pandemic alert level, and governments around the world were taking tougher measures.
The virus has already spread to at least a half-dozen countries and half of Mexico. Trying to eliminate crowds, the Mexican government canceled school nationwide and considered closing the capital's subway system. Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said 20 deaths have been confirmed to be from swine flu and test results were pending on the others.
"We are the most critical moment of the epidemic. The number of cases will keep rising so we have to reinforce preventive measures."
...................and no mention of closing the borders from our PC politicians.
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