Killer flu of 1918 is related to this swine strain. It originally arrived around this time of year (spring) and petered out before summer arrived as humidity and temperature rose. When it was "awoken" in fall/winter of 1918 is when it started killing millions worldwide.
People in the know are saying the same thing here.... It's unlikely to happen, however, because even if the virus were as virulent as the 1918 flu, modern medicine would "mitigate many - but not all - of these severe outcomes," said William Schaffner, an infectious disease researcher at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee.
For now, there is no way to tell whether the swine flu will die out this spring, or tarry through the summer and reappear as a stronger, meaner virus in the fall. "Speaking personally," said Schaffner, "I think there is a likelihood this swine flu will re-emerge in the winter as a dominant flu strain."
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Swine Flu Strain related to Killer Flu of 1918
People in the know are saying the same thing here.... It's unlikely to happen, however, because even if the virus were as virulent as the 1918 flu, modern medicine would "mitigate many - but not all - of these severe outcomes," said William Schaffner, an infectious disease researcher at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee.
For now, there is no way to tell whether the swine flu will die out this spring, or tarry through the summer and reappear as a stronger, meaner virus in the fall. "Speaking personally," said Schaffner, "I think there is a likelihood this swine flu will re-emerge in the winter as a dominant flu strain."