I got the tail end of the "Asian flu" in 63' and nearly died as a baby from it. My Mother tells me that they gave me Intramuscular IV's and pumped enough fluids into my legs they swelled several times their size, to this day my legs still stiffen and ache from that treatment. In 1980 when I joined the USAF I discoverd I also had scar tissue in my right lung from the results of the Asian Flu. I can understand why the young and elderly are at risk of any flu but us middle age group should fare better from the current Avian Flu hitting eastern Europe now.
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