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Old 05-06-2020, 12:33 AM   #193 (permalink)
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WION reports that Pakistanis are repatriating from India and Indians are repatriating from Vietnam.

Compare with 1957 and 1918:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957-58_influenza_pandemic
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The 1957–58 influenza pandemic, also known as Asian flu, was a global pandemic of influenza A virus subtype H2N2 which originated in Guizhou, China and killed at least 1 million people worldwide.
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The case fatality rate of Asian flu was approximately 0.67%.[12] ... It may have infected as many or more people than the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, but the vaccine, improved health care, and the invention of antibiotics contributed to a lower mortality rate.[1] Overall, the pandemic caused 1 to 2 million deaths worldwide[2] or 2 to 4 million.[1] The CDC estimates 1.1 million deaths worldwide.[13] According to a study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the highest excess mortality occurred in Latin America.[14] About 70,000[1][11] to 116,000 people died in the United States.[15] In early 1958, it was estimated that 14,000 people had already died of the flu in the United Kingdom of the 9 million who became sick.[3] It caused many infections in children, spreading in schools and leading to many school closures, but was rarely fatal in children. The virus was most deadly in pregnant women, the elderly, and those with pre-existing heart and lung disease.[1] According to research by Barbara Sands, some of the excess mortality attributed to the Great Leap Forward in Maoist China may have actually been caused by the 1957 flu.[16]
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