A World Health Organization official is warning that even if the Swine Flu epidemic dies out in coming weeks, it could rebound with far more deadly force in the Fall. According to The Telegraph:
"more than 150 deaths are thought to be related to swine flu, although only seven have been confirmed as being caused by the virus. The United States has announced 44 mild infections, while three people have the virus in New Zealand and six in Canada. There have been two confirmed cases in Spain and one in Israel, and fiften other countries have said they are investigating possible infections. Six people were being tested in Ireland."The worst flu pandemic the world has ever known has been largely forgotten, but it killed more Americans than all the wars of the twentieth century combined. It is thought to have killed at least a half-million Americans and 30 million worldwide. The following documentary chronicles that deadly pandemic of 1918.
Thanks for posting this. Very sobering.
ReplyDeleteWhat a timely reminder that humans or science should never be the final resting place for our faith.
ReplyDeleteThese very sincere voices, eyewitnesses to Enza, breathe life into the history we seem to have forgotten.
Thanks for posting, Dan.
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