Pandemic Influenza 1918
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Professor N. R. Grist (Glasgow) shares a copy of a letter written by a U.S. Army physician during the influenza pandemic of 1918 (British Medical Journal, December 22-29, 1979; 2(6205):1632-3). Epidemic influenza remains the biggest and unconquered acute threat to human health, inflicting damage and death far beyond familiar notification data. The impact of influenza A is particularly severe during periodic pandemics owing to novel antigenic variants that override immunity from the experience of earlier subtypes. It is salutary to remember that we do not really understand why the devastating pandemic of 1918-19 was so severe, and that we cannot therefore be confident that our modern medical measures would succeed against a similar future challenge. As a reminder of the grim reality of that pandemic, the following letter may be of interest.... -
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Link: https://www.immunize.org/clinical/vaccine-confidence/unprotected-people/story/pandemic-influenza-1918/
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