The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History

[RamboLiberal]

NEW ORLEANS -- As the swine flu grows near what the World Health Organization would call an official pandemic, one New Orleans author sees real similarities between this latest health concern and one of the worst outbreaks of the past 100 years.

The Great Influenza of 1918 killed more than 50 million people worldwide and 675,000 in the United States alone. John Barry spent years documenting the virus for his New York Times bestseller "The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History."

"If this does become a pandemic virus, it will find you," Barry said Wednesday from his home in New Orleans. "Every place is equally vulnerable."

Barry said the current outbreak of swine flu, or H1N1, is already demonstrating that it could soon reach pandemic levels.

"It certainly can turn into a pandemic, and to be completely honest I think that's the most logical course," he said. "It's already in New Zealand and in Nova Scotia and you can't get further apart in the world."

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[kimmerspixelated]

1. It's highly suspect.

It did not occur on it's own.

[aquart]

2. Science remains a complete mystery to you.

[RamboLiberal]

3. Loosen you

:tinfoilhat:

[stray cat]

4. In general a creationist rather than evolutionist? Also it is a clear case of evolution

in the easiest possible sense - it happens over a period of years versus millions of years with the origin of man.