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Offline sam

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1889 Pandemic Didn’t Need Planes to Circle Globe in 4 Months
« on: April 27, 2010, 03:08 »
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The 1889 Russian flu pandemic circled the globe in just four months, captivating the world, despite the lack of airplanes or hyperventilating cable news stations.


 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/04/1889-russian-flu-pandemic/
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Re: 1889 Pandemic Didn’t Need Planes to Circle Globe in 4 Months
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2010, 09:51 »
It did a better job than swine flu then. ;)
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Re: 1889 Pandemic Didn’t Need Planes to Circle Globe in 4 Months
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2010, 12:00 »
Or, we did a better job controlling swine flu.  :)
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Re: 1889 Pandemic Didn’t Need Planes to Circle Globe in 4 Months
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2010, 12:12 »
We'll never know. :)
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Re: 1889 Pandemic Didn’t Need Planes to Circle Globe in 4 Months
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2010, 14:47 »
media hype....  :o:
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Re: 1889 Pandemic Didn’t Need Planes to Circle Globe in 4 Months
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2010, 14:58 »
More than likely. 
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