Survivors of 1918 Flu Pandemic Still Immune


	Survivors of 1918 Flu Pandemic Still Immune

nedhamson1

10-11-2008 9:46 PM

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pandemic, globalism, bird flu, ecosystems

nedhamson1 says:

Interesting, survivors of the 1918 flu could provide a source of vaccine to protect us from a similar flu getting ready to break out of Asia in the next year or so.

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