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northzax

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Sat Apr-25-09 09:28 PM
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19. And conditions in 17-18 were a lot different than today

The flu bred and grew in overcrowded barracks and tenements. And houses were smaller all over. You just don't have those same indoor crowding issues among the general population.

Plus, as a general rule, healthy adults don't die of flu. Even then. People die from secondary infections, which of course, could not be treated by antibiotics back then.

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