1968. The most recent pandemic, known as the Hong Kong flu - 1 million people - 2 years

[seemslikeadream]

http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/1161873.html


1968. The most recent pandemic, known as the Hong Kong flu,was the mildest of the three pandemics this century. It was first spotted in Hong Kong in 1968 and it spread globally over the next two years. The people most susceptible to the virus were the elderly. About 1 million people are estimated to have been killed by this pandemic, an H3N2 flu strain.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. and the 1918 was a strand of the H1N1 we have running around

not quite the same strand

[Snazzy]

2. what could they possibly know in HK? Nothing to see here!

Hong Kong health workers watch a bank of monitors which display information on the temperatures of incoming passengers on April 27, 2009 at the international airport in Hong Kong - a city at the forefront of the SARS epidemic in 2003 and already on alert for bird flu. Hong Kong authorities have announced a series of tough measures to combat the threat of swine flu, including detaining anyone showing symptoms of the virus after arriving from an infected area and have advised against all non-essential travel to worst-hit Mexico.


Hong Kong health workers watch a bank of monitors which display information on the temperatures of incoming passengers on April 27, 2009 at the international airport in Hong Kong - a city at the forefront of the SARS epidemic in 2003 and already on alert for bird flu. Hong Kong authorities have announced a series of tough measures to combat the threat of swine flu, including detaining anyone showing symptoms of the virus after arriving from an infected area and have advised against all non-essential travel to worst-hit Mexico.


A woman wears a mask at a shopping mall on April 27, 2009 in Hong Kong - a city at the forefront of the SARS epidemic in 2003 and already on alert for bird flu. Hong Kong authorities have announced a series of tough measures to combat the threat of swine flu, including detaining anyone showing symptoms of the virus after arriving from an infected area and have advised against all non-essential travel to worst-hit Mexico.


A Chinese mainland tourist, who failed an initial temperature screening, has his temperature double checked by health workers on his arrival at the International Airport in Hong Kong April 27, 2009. Asia, a continent that has battled deadly viruses such as the H5N1 bird flu and SARS in recent years, began taking steps over the weekend to ward off a new flu virus.


Signs at a train station ask commuters to take flu precautions on April 27, 2009 in Hong Kong - a city at the forefront of the SARS epidemic in 2003 and already on alert for bird flu. Hong Kong authorities have announced a series of tough measures to combat the threat of swine flu, including detaining anyone showing symptoms of the virus after arriving from an infected area and have advised against all non-essential travel to worst-hit Mexico.


A woman wearing a mask walks past a flu warning poster outside a local hospital in Hong Kong Monday, April 27, 2009. In Hong Kong, Thomas Tsang, controller for Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection, said the government and the territory's universities aim to jointly develop a quick test for the new flu strain in a week or two that will return results in four to six hours, compared to existing tests that can take two or three days.

[seemslikeadream]

3. Is it me or do those guys not look panicy?

MEMBER OF THE SWINE FLU TRUTHERS

[Snazzy]

6. don't they know, USA=mighty immune

Our immune systems both shock and awe, unlike say wimpy countries.



(--Swine Flu Truthers, BBQ Division)

[iamthebandfanman]

5. dude.

its very common in asian countries for people to be wearing those masks.


its actually a very common practice in places like japan, and has been for decades...


infact, ive seen more than a few asian americans in the past few years wearing them in large cities...


while a lil over-reactionary, its understandable for people who live in large population areas who have to interact and come into contact with thousands of people on a given day.

so really, not that much to be all freaked out about them wearing those masks.

[Snazzy]

7. I would rather you don't call me dude

thank you.

I am also not freaked out, are you? I live in a very large population center, are you suggesting I should I get a mask?

[raouldukelives]

4. I had that as an infant

Glad I don't remember it.

[Hardrada]

8. What was the nasty one in 1957? I remember my entire junior

high school grinding to a halt. (I was one of the last ones left in study hall).

[seemslikeadream]

9. Asian flu

:hi:


- 1957. The 1957 pandemic was known as the Asian flu. It was sparked by an H2N2 strain and was first identified in China. There were two waves of illness during this pandemic; the first wave mostly hit children while the second mostly affected the elderly. It caused about 2 million deaths globally.

[Hardrada]

10. Thanks for the info. That entirely slipped my mind

but now is vivid. I had not known that there were two phases. Of course, when I was a young chap, I got every flu strain that came around so I never had a flu from 1957 to 1973 since I had built up some immunity possibly. You keep safe!

:-)