In 1918, we had a major flu epidemic in this nation.
WWI was winding down and the doughboys were starting to come home. With them came the virus and it began its deadly assault on our people. Called the Spanish Flu because the newspapers in the other countries withheld bad news for war moral purposes, Spanish papers did not and reported on it. This gave the appearance that it started in Spain. 500 million caught the flu and 50 million died from it. In fact, more Americans died from the flu the soldiers brought back with them than died in the war itself.
That flu was somewhat mild when it first struck, with symptoms we all recognize today. There were four waves of the virus though and the next one was deadly and began killing 20-40 year old people. Babies and elderly have always been hardest hit, but the ages of this flu victims was concerning. It caused their bodies to over react and filled their lungs with fluid. Back then they ordered masks, social distancing, no public gatherings, etc and it did not work. Personal hygiene was an issue, no antibiotics was another and many died from secondary bacterial infections.
There was a shortage of doctors due to the war, and they prescribed a new medicine on the scene- aspirin. Bayer got a patent and was selling it. Doctors were prescribing it in high dosages, something now known to cause pulmonary edema ( fluid in the lungs ), something that was contributed to the flu, and it was a while before they stopped prescribing high dosages. No one really knows how many died from the treatment, that might have survived the flu without help.
This current flu is also a novel virus, as was the 1918 Spanish flu. The government has instituted the exact same actions to prevent the spread, and while they are limiting the spread, they cannot stop it. 100 years ago medicine is not what it is today, so many will be saved that would have died 100 years ago.
My doctor told me to get the vaccine as soon as possible. Told me it doesn’t keep you from getting sick, it keeps you from dying. If you haven’t already done so, get the vaccine. Many of those that are dying today avoided it because it was the mark of the beast, or worried it would change their DNA, whatever. They are paying a heavy toll today for this thinking. Those getting really sick and dying now are not vaccinated. Yes, some who were vaccinated have gotten sick, but the vast majority have not.
My best friend’s wife, 51, died Sunday. They each thought the vaccine was dumb and refused it. They each got sick and she collapsed Saturday and died in the ICU early Sunday morning. He told me, in between tears, that he has been vaccinated with his first shot now. Seems silly to him now I guess, that such a simple thing could have kept her here, with sniffles and such, and instead is dead. Our local hospitals are flooded with victims, their morgues are packed and they are desperate for funeral directors to come take them away. The funeral homes are packed beyond capacity and the death certificate processing system has become overwhelmed and has been crashing. This means victims are not being cremated quickly enough and their facilities are overwhelmed.
Folks this is just the second wave, with more to come later. It isn’t going to just go away. The government is still not telling us the truth about any of this. Personally, I believe this is a designer virus, created in a laboratory and unleashed upon us on purpose. While it is possible that it is natural and just happened, the odds are in my favor. We will see more deaths with this second wave than the first. In my area that is easily the case. Fat people, old people, people in poor health are not surviving the virus. It isn’t that it kills them, their own bodies reaction to the virus is what is killing them. They over respond.
Me…..I am going fishing today. Gonna troll around and look for live gators and big fat slob croppy. If you haven’t been vaccinated yet……. you should not go fishing, rather hustle your but down to get the free vaccine.
Maybe they will bite this one……