tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post114251759747068303..comments2023-12-19T06:54:20.572-05:00Comments on Answer Girl: PandemicEllen Clair Lambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-1142606640983430512006-03-17T09:44:00.000-05:002006-03-17T09:44:00.000-05:00What's terrifying about stories of the 1918 outbre...What's terrifying about stories of the 1918 outbreak is how fast it killed people. I read a story about four women who attended a bridge party one night; one had the infection, passed it to the others, and three were dead by morning.Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-1142604418910053322006-03-17T09:06:00.000-05:002006-03-17T09:06:00.000-05:00I never gave much thought about the avian flu poss...I never gave much thought about the avian flu possiblility or the consequences of such...but I was working on a film set and in the space of 48 hours had nearly 30 members of the cast and crew come down with a particularly nasty stomach flu. All of us were down for the count for about 24 hours. I can't remember ever being that sick and certainly don't want to experience it any time soon. But it did make me think about how awful things could be if something like the spanish flu were to hit again. Scary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-1142534835942315852006-03-16T13:47:00.000-05:002006-03-16T13:47:00.000-05:00The Virginian Pilot wrote an excellent set of arti...The Virginian Pilot wrote an excellent set of articles on the Yellow Fever outbreak in Norfolk in the 1850's. It was facinating and scarry. If you want I can pull it off the archives and send it to you.<BR/>I always get a little sick whenever I check into a hotel room, so thanks for giving me the heebee-jeebees.<BR/>JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-1142530327622074402006-03-16T12:32:00.000-05:002006-03-16T12:32:00.000-05:00Gina Kolata is the author... I thought FLU was gre...Gina Kolata is the author... I thought FLU was great, too. I want to read John Barry's THE GREAT INFLUENZA, which came out a couple of years ago, but haven't had the time!Ellen Clair Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944288413332520719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778441.post-1142526409228411712006-03-16T11:26:00.000-05:002006-03-16T11:26:00.000-05:00"fle" by Gina Kolato (or something like that) was ..."fle" by Gina Kolato (or something like that) was a great history of the spanish flu. I'm addicted to reading things about the flu, plague, ebola etc...HouseRunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14214587092677272363noreply@blogger.com