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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 621177, member: 15199&quot;]The current pandemic type A H1N1 virus has no evidence that it was man made.</p><p><br /></p><p>The type A H1N1 virus that cause the horrible pandemic of 1918 was similar, and its genome has been recreated by labs to aid in case of future mutations leading back to this genome.</p><p><br /></p><p>The current influenza pandemic is caused by the H1N1 virus that has distinct mutations that we need not go into in details, except they prevent the rapid infection and death proportions of 1918 and also they allowed the interaction of Tamiflu and other anti-flu pharmaceuticals to reduce the possible spread and death rate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Humans got lucky. But mutations can occur in the opposite directions also and the virus doesn&#039;t spread well in the summer, so we won&#039;t really know how this virus will affect the world until the fall - winter. The virus of 1918 had a mild summer before it broke loose in 1918. The record numbers of deaths in most states still stands today. But the death rate then worldwide was estimated between 15-25%.</p><p><br /></p><p>It might not be a bad idea to get some boxes of gloves, masks , and bleach.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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