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11. K&R for the post and the discussion.

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Sun Jun 7, 2020, 08:31 PM

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Just had drinks with a neighbor who knows Anthony Fauci quite well. [View all] LAS14 Jun 2020 OP

i think it's when you hit milestones like 25 replies, 50 replies..... pnwest Jun 2020 #1

Swine flu was also a version of H1N1, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #2

I would add that this variant of the Spanish flu has killed 72,000 people over the past 10 years n/t AntiFascist Jun 2020 #17

It killed 20-50 million people. Blue_true Jun 2020 #3

Which is basically what "herd immunity" looks like... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #8

Good point. Blue_true Jun 2020 #9

That's not what Disaffected Jun 2020 #12

Not sure what you are referring to... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #24

See my edit to the OP. nt LAS14 Jun 2020 #18

Interesting. As far as old posts go, just post a link inside your new post: seems easiest. nt Hekate Jun 2020 #4

If the op has dropped beyond that forums page 30, it won't be bumped uppityperson Jun 2020 #5

Actually, the 1918 strain may not have finished its disappearing act until 1925 (2008 story) nitpicker Jun 2020 #6

So what did the virologist have to say to your question? cwydro Jun 2020 #7

He said they don't know. It's a lingering mystery and he wonders why... LAS14 Jun 2020 #14

Odd. I don't know how a virus just disappears. backscatter712 Jun 2020 #10

They are both strains of the H1N1 influenza Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #20

K&R for the post and the discussion. crickets Jun 2020 #11

Went away with first radio phone. safeinOhio Jun 2020 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author LAS14 Jun 2020 #15

Edited my OP with this. LAS14 Jun 2020 #16

It is the nature of influenza to cycle. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #19

You like pondering that one, try the Russian flu (old style) Igel Jun 2020 #21

Coronaviruses have been around since the 1960s. Initech Jun 2020 #22

The 1918 pandemic virus mutated to milder forms. roamer65 Jun 2020 #23

I mentioned this theory to my friend and he said that was not the case. It just disappeared. nt LAS14 Jun 2020 #25

I don't know who your friend is, or why should I believe whatever he says. LisaL Jun 2020 #27

For a significant part of his life he ran the aids section of the NIH. nt LAS14 Jun 2020 #30

It didn't just disappear. roamer65 Jun 2020 #29

How does that mean it didn't disappear? nt LAS14 Jun 2020 #31

3 years isn't just disappearing. roamer65 Jun 2020 #32

After 3 years it just disappeared. That's the puzzle. Viruses don't usually do that. LAS14 Jun 2020 #33

So Sylvia Browne might have been right? ecstatic Jun 2020 #26

Well, she was a psychic after all. LisaL Jun 2020 #28

People were not as geographically mobile 100 years ago Azathoth Jun 2020 #34