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Influenza

The festive holidays are associated with the winter months, also associated with the winter months is influenza better know as the flu. We all have either experienced this for or selves or know some one who has. The flu is as prevalent as the common cold during this season. The Flu is very contagious and could be passed to anyone of us with simple hand to hand contact. With this yr being projected as a record yr for the virus the more you know about the virus the more you're able to protect yourself. The history, signs & systems and treatments will be discussed to help you combat the flu virus.
History
When you think of great killer plagues of history, a few names come to mind—bubonic plague, Tuberculosis, smallpox. You probably don't immediately think of the cold and flu season but you should. According to New York Journal in 1918-1919, the Spanish Flu killed more people than Hitler, nuclear weapons and all the terrorists of history combine. The Spanish......

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