".sqwertz." > wrote in message
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>
> Do flicks like _The Stand_ or _28 Days_ or _12 Monkeys_ or _La
> Jettee_ or _The Omega Man_ or _The World, The Flesh, And The Devil_ or
> _Day Of The Triffids_ presage our current sitch with the swine flu
> PANDEMIC...???
>
> Will corpses pile up unattended on the streets of Philadelphia, as
> they did during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918...???
>
> Should we RUN for our LIVES...???
>
> ".......aaieeeeeee...........!!!"

I'm sure the movie is already written and someone has purchased rights for
the sequel.

I didn't know about the Spanish Flu fiasco. I thought I was pretty good on
Philly history, too.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influen.../philadel.html

Jon

On Apr 28, 11:05*am, "Zeppo" > wrote:
> ".sqwertz." > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > Do flicks like *_The Stand_ or _28 Days_ or _12 Monkeys_ or _La
> > Jettee_ or _The Omega Man_ or _The World, The Flesh, And The Devil_ or
> > _Day Of The Triffids_ presage our current sitch with the swine flu
> > PANDEMIC...???
>
> > Will corpses pile up unattended on the streets of Philadelphia, as
> > they did during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918...???
>
> > Should we RUN for our LIVES...???
>
> > ".......aaieeeeeee...........!!!"
>
> I'm sure the movie is already written and someone has purchased rights for
> the sequel.
>
> I didn't know about the Spanish Flu fiasco. I thought I was pretty good on
> Philly history, too.
>
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influen.../philadel.html
>
> Jon

Spanish flu was a world-wide pandemic (I guess that's redundant) -
everyone should know about it. PBS did a special on it about 6 years
ago - people would feel fine when they left work, get on the bus and
be dead when they got home. It was that fast. It probably killed
more GIs in WWI than combat. My great-aunt lost her daughter (age
14). It was awful, awful, awful. Do a little reading. Thankfully,
we probably have the capability to treat it more effectively now -
medicine was pretty primitive in 1918.

N.

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
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On Apr 28, 11:05 am, "Zeppo" > wrote:
> ".sqwertz." > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > Do flicks like _The Stand_ or _28 Days_ or _12 Monkeys_ or _La
> > Jettee_ or _The Omega Man_ or _The World, The Flesh, And The Devil_ or
> > _Day Of The Triffids_ presage our current sitch with the swine flu
> > PANDEMIC...???
>
> > Will corpses pile up unattended on the streets of Philadelphia, as
> > they did during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918...???
>
> > Should we RUN for our LIVES...???
>
> > ".......aaieeeeeee...........!!!"
>
> I'm sure the movie is already written and someone has purchased rights for
> the sequel.
>
> I didn't know about the Spanish Flu fiasco. I thought I was pretty good on
> Philly history, too.
>
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influen.../philadel.html
>
> Jon

Spanish flu was a world-wide pandemic (I guess that's redundant) -
everyone should know about it. PBS did a special on it about 6 years
ago - people would feel fine when they left work, get on the bus and
be dead when they got home. It was that fast. It probably killed
more GIs in WWI than combat. My great-aunt lost her daughter (age
14). It was awful, awful, awful. Do a little reading. Thankfully,
we probably have the capability to treat it more effectively now -
medicine was pretty primitive in 1918.

Thanks Nancy. I had heard of the epidemic before, just not the impact on
Philadelphia.

Jon

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:39:30 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2 wrote:

> On Apr 28, 11:05*am, "Zeppo" > wrote:
>> ".sqwertz." > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>>
>>
>>> Do flicks like *_The Stand_ or _28 Days_ or _12 Monkeys_ or _La
>>> Jettee_ or _The Omega Man_ or _The World, The Flesh, And The Devil_ or
>>> _Day Of The Triffids_ presage our current sitch with the swine flu
>>> PANDEMIC...???
>>
>>> Will corpses pile up unattended on the streets of Philadelphia, as
>>> they did during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918...???
>>
>>> Should we RUN for our LIVES...???
>>
>>> ".......aaieeeeeee...........!!!"
>>
>> I'm sure the movie is already written and someone has purchased rights for
>> the sequel.
>>
>> I didn't know about the Spanish Flu fiasco. I thought I was pretty good on
>> Philly history, too.
>>
>> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influen.../philadel.html
>>
>> Jon
>
> Spanish flu was a world-wide pandemic (I guess that's redundant) -
> everyone should know about it. PBS did a special on it about 6 years
> ago - people would feel fine when they left work, get on the bus and
> be dead when they got home. It was that fast. It probably killed
> more GIs in WWI than combat. My great-aunt lost her daughter (age
> 14). It was awful, awful, awful. Do a little reading. Thankfully,
> we probably have the capability to treat it more effectively now -
> medicine was pretty primitive in 1918.
>
> N.

public health measures are better, i'm not sure treating the disease itself
has advanced that much - at least what would be necessary to treat a
boatload of people at once. viruses are tricky.

your pal,
blake