General Discussion

The anecdotes of sudden deaths in the 1918-1920 pandemic are heartbreaking. There are stories of strong young men who left their houses to walk to work. They began to feel ill along the way. They turned around and walked back home, only to fall dead at their doorstep. Their immune systems' overwhelming reactions to the virus hit their systems so hard that they died of organ failure or from asphyxiation due to lung fluid.

Interestingly, it is reported that older people were not so harshly affected. There is a theory that they were exposed to a flu strain in the 1890s which provided partial immunization to them.

Here is hoping that we all come out of this season in high states of wellness.