... now that enough people are finally taking this 'flu' seriously (except roger ver
whoulda think eh?) let's see what it really could look like.
... so far I've restrained posting on the more usual pandemic outcomes even when mitigated correctly. If this thing goes bad it's going to go really fucking unbelievably bad. The second wave that may still be ahead of us is going to include all those carefree young bulletproof folks attending coronavirus parties that got a mild first round and now have exposed themselves to the possibility of a cytokine storm reaction to a 2nd strain in the future. Read on ...
https://www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-second-wave-resurgenceFrom September through November of 1918, the death rate from the Spanish flu skyrocketed. In the United States alone, 195,000 Americans died from the Spanish flu in just the month of October. And unlike a normal seasonal flu, which mostly claims victims among the very young and very old, the second wave of the Spanish flu exhibited what’s called a “W curve”—high numbers of deaths among the young and old, but also a huge spike in the middle composed of otherwise healthy 25- to 35-year-olds in the prime of their life.
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Only decades later were scientists able explain the phenomenon now known as “cytokine explosion.” When the human body is being attacked by a virus, the immune system sends messenger proteins called cytokines to promote helpful inflammation. But some strains of the flu, particularly the H1N1 strain responsible for the Spanish flu outbreak, can trigger a dangerous immune overreaction in healthy individuals.
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In those cases, the body is overloaded with cytokines leading to severe inflammation and the fatal buildup of fluid in the lungs.
British military doctors conducting autopsies on soldiers killed by this second wave of the Spanish flu described the heavy damage to the lungs as akin to the effects of chemical warfare.
