-Caveat Lector- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-631740,00.html
April 02, 2003 Disease revives terror of 1918 flu By Nigel Hawkes THE lightning spread of Sars brings grim echoes of the greatest world pandemic, the 1918 flu scourge. Like Sars it happened during a time of war and was helped on its way by mass travel — of troops, not tourists. It killed about 2.5 per cent of those who caught it, roughly the same as Sars. It infected one billion people, half the world’s population, and killed between 20 and 40 million, a figure that exceeds the bubonic plague in the 14th century and smallpox in the 16th, and is challenged only by today’s Aids pandemic. The first case to be traced was a young army private, Albert Mitchell, at Camp Funston, Kansas, in March 1918. By the end of the week 500 soldiers at the camp were ill. Mitchell may not have been the first case but he was the first recorded. Tracking of epidemics owes its birth to the 1918 flu outbreak. This first wave killed relatively few. Something changed during the spring, perhaps in the trenches of France, to make the virus far more dangerous. The second wave, which swept through Europe during the spring and summer of 1918 and returned to the US with the troops towards the end of the year, was much deadlier. In October 1918, the worst month for the epidemic in the US, 195,000 Americans died, many of them between 20 and 40, the age range who suffered most. Today we have far better tools to trace the spread of Sars, and more sophisticated treatments; but we also have airlines to hasten its spread. Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many genera- tions. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it." The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sutra <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
