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Yeah, I meant soldiers. They travelled far, came into close contact with large numbers of other soldiers and then brought back the flu with them to their home c
by mtts 13y ago
Yeah, I meant soldiers. They travelled far, came into close contact with large numbers of other soldiers and then brought back the flu with them to their home communities when they were repatriated.
Modern mass tourism is pretty bad as well, but it's a far cry from having all of the young men in your town getting shipped out and back in again.
- hga 13y agoSoldiers wouldn't be infecting Pacific Islands, far northern mining camps, where scientists first tried to get a copy of its genetic material, people in and around Brevig Mission, Alaska (fatality rate 85%) where the first useful sample came from. It's been awhile since I've read up on it, but the speed at which it spread, prior to air travel, was frighteningly fast.