Sujet : Re: Next mystery disease?
De : '''newspam''' (at) *nospam* nonad.co.uk (Martin Brown)
Groupes : sci.electronics.designDate : 27. Feb 2025, 14:38:55
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On 27/02/2025 03:38, Bill Sloman wrote:
On 27/02/2025 1:08 am, John R Walliker wrote:
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Spanish 'flu of course did not originate in Spain. The source was most
likely Haskell County, Kansas in the USA.
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https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC340389
Spain was neutral in WW1. Combatant countries didn't want to admit that some of their troops were out of action because they had been struck by an epidemic.
A part of the problem during WWI was that anyone infected but still able to handle a rifle was kept on the front line and only the most seriously ill were sent back for medical treatment. This selected for the most virulent strain with the worst symptoms as the soldiers travelling back on trains infected many more other contacts as a direct result.
Neither side wanted to admit there was a problem.
-- Martin Brown
Next mystery disease?
Re: Next mystery disease?