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To: Road Walker who wrote (475714)	4/28/2009 11:54:54 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574273

"The first wave in 1918 was relatively mild, many experts speculate, because the virus had not fully adapted to humans. And as it did adapt, it also became more lethal. However, there is very good evidence that people who were exposed during the first wave developed immunity — much as people get protection from a modern vaccine. " So, what we want to do NOW, is seek out a person with the flu, have sex with them and get the virus. Then, we'll be immune to the second wave!

To: Road Walker who wrote (475714)	4/28/2009 4:43:46 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574273

What’s important to keep in mind in assessing the threat of the current outbreak is that all four of the well-known pandemics seem to have come in waves. The 1918 virus surfaced by March and set in motion a spring and summer wave that hit some communities and skipped others. This first wave was extremely mild, more so even than ordinary influenza: of the 10,313 sailors in the British Grand Fleet who became ill, for example, only four died. But autumn brought a second, more lethal wave, which was followed by a less severe third wave in early 1919. We are so far ahead of where things were back in 1919 that I don't think this flu should it become a pandemic will be nearly as bad. The key right now is getting the vaccine in place by fall. In the meantime they need to get as much Tamiflu out there as possible. Last nite AC 360 had a NYC girl on the show. This past Saturday they rushed her to the hospital with a 104º temp. She couldn't open her eyes and her entire body ached. The hospital gave her Tamiflu and instructed her family to wear gloves and not to let her tough anything until she was better. On Monday, two days later, she was on the show and you wouldn't have known she had been sick......that's how effective the Tamiflu is. Plus, no one in her family has come down with the disease...at least not so far.