Originally Posted by sperbonzo

Its not that we have no cure.... we just aren't producing the vaccine for that strain of Flu at this time. The reason why it killed so many millions when it did was that we did not have penicillin or vaccines in those days.

The flu killed more people than WWI during those years, not because it is a "killer strain", but simply because we did not have anti-biotics. This is getting blown up out of proportion in order to sell papers. IMHO (and also in the opnion of a friend of mine who is with the CDC that I spoke with this afternoon...