Flu Was Not the Real Killer in the 1918 Pandemic

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Strep infections, rather than the flu virus itself, may have killed

most people during the 1918 influenza pandemic. This suggests that

some of the most dire predictions about a potential new pandemic could

be exaggerated.

 

Scientists looked at the available information regarding the 1918 flu

pandemic, which killed anywhere between 50 million and 100 million

people globally in the space of about 18 months. Some research has

shown that on average it took a week to 11 days for people to die,

which fits in more with the known pattern of a bacterial infection

than a viral infection.

 

People with influenza often get what is known as a " superinfection "

with a bacterial agent. In 1918 it appears to have been Streptococcus

pneumoniae...

 

More here:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/02/28/Flu-Was-Not-the-Re\

al-Killer-in-the-1918-Pandemic.aspx

 

Sheena Judd

http://health.naturalhealthinformation/