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BigmanPigman

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5. Pregnant women are supposed to have this

Reply to Warpy (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 13, 2020, 01:02 AM

Apr 2020

happen within their bodies naturally. It should be a good thing, normally it is, but during the Spanish Flu pregnant women were some of the first to succumb due to the immune overdrive of cytokines.

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Haywire Immune Response Eyed in Coronavirus Deaths, Treatment [View all] question everything Apr 2020 OP

Fascinating.....and Terrifying Rorey Apr 2020 #1

What a horrible experience you had. I am sorry for your loss question everything Apr 2020 #2

Thank you....it was several decades ago Rorey Apr 2020 #3

It was the working theory to explain the 1918 flu deaths Warpy Apr 2020 #4

Pregnant women are supposed to have this BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #5