From National Geographic

[moonstar]

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/051...lgeographic.com

 

Here is what we know for sure. One day a new flu pandemic

will come, and one day it will pass. And then the killer strain, tamed by our immune systems and the passage of time, will fade into the background of nuisance flus.

 

It even happened to the worst of them all. Did you catch the flu last winter? There's a chance it was a direct descendant of the Spanish flu. If so, you were lucky. The heir to 1918 is one of the milder flu strains around today.

[cartoongirl]

I did get the flu last year for the first time since I can remeber. It was horrible, really strange, once I broke the fever I was in the know that it was over. Yikes.