1918 Spanish Influenza

Alla har ju förmodligen hört om "Svininfluensan" som de kallas idag vilket har spridit sig över många kontinenter. Novel Novie Twilight har sagt att "Svininfulensan" för 100 år sedan kallades "Spanish Influenza" vilket var de Edward Cullen låg döende med när Carlise hittade honom.



You’ve probably heard all about the H1N1 flu virus (aka “Swine Flu”) in the news lately. Back in 1918, the H1N1 virus strain had another name … the Spanish Influenza. That’s right — the very same illness Edward Cullen was dying of when Carlisle found him and turned him into a vampire.

The Spanish Influenza outbreak was a global outbreak — from 1918 to 1920. It killed as many as 100,000,000 people worldwide.


Läs hela här


Kommentarer

Kommentera inlägget här:

Namn:
Kom ihåg mig?

E-postadress: (publiceras ej)

URL/Bloggadress:

Kommentar:

Trackback
RSS 2.0