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Did you know that during the influenza outbreak of 1918-1919, right after World War I, 25 million people died throughout the world.
So how did that happened?
Until recently, no one was really sure. In March of 1997, researchers at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D. C. isolated genetic material from the 1918-19 influenza virus.
This was no easy task. The researchers spent nearly two years extracting just seven percent of the genetic code, but the evidence gathered has provided a great wealth of information.
Even though the living virus was no longer around. It turns out that while conducting autopsies in 1918, Army doctors had preserved some specimens in formaldehyde. One of these specimens where the lungs of a young soldier who died on September 26, 1918.
It appears that the genetic code of the influenza virus had passed from birds to pigs and then to humans. These are the deadliest of all viruses.
Both the Asian flu (1957) and the Hong Kong flu (1968), which were not as deadly, mutated from pig viruses.

The scary part is that it could and most probably will happen again and we're not prepared for it.

Unless we take a page out of history and help ourselves prevent infection from others.

Did you know that during the 16th Century Bubonic Plague, doctors walked the streets wearing huge hats with large ‘beaks’ attached to the front. Aromatic herbs were placed in the ‘beaks’ to purify the air for breathing. People also carried long open-ended canes also filled with herbs they waved the canes in front of them as they walked for extra security. Frankincense and pine scented candles and garlands of aromatic herbs were burned in European streets to cover the stench of death and help disinfect the air.

Aroma and health were linked, people thought that perfumed air was deemed not only pleasurable, but also antiseptic.

Will we be reverting to this alternative to combat against this new strain of Avian flu?

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