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Subject: The Great Influenza
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sisfreak2017 23.10.18 - 07:23pm
Think I've had this past few weeks , really sh*gged me up worst in past 10 years , only just going now fingers crossed.
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1clivey1 23.10.18 - 11:11pm
not had a cold/flu in 10yrs guess i been lucky but then i take a 500mg time release vitc tab every day doc says this has built up my immune system over the years * +

bambi99 24.10.18 - 12:51pm

@ shadow27 - 20.10.18 - 10:58am
The premise of the book is that the soldiers were the ones spreading it. It's thought that the breeding ground for the whole thing was actually an army camp in Kansas! The term 'Spanish Flu' is misleading.. Spain was the only country reporting the outbreak openly, many other nations being involved in the war were suppressing news of the flu, or otherwise trying to stifle panic.

A Canadian historian has come close to identifying the source as China , in particular the movement of over 90,000 chinese (where there had been an outbreak since 1917) they were packed into trains and transported across Canada then on to Europe ..,these guys were vital to work behind British and French lines to free up troops for the front ,but many were ill .... *

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