The 1918 Spanish FLU - aka 'bird flu'

 

In 1917 FDR goes to European front lines & gets as close as they will let him.  

On return voyage, he comes down with a 'strange' influenza  -  PBS video

In January 1917, Hitler is cleared for full duty and asks to ... The Spanish Influenza sweeps through the front lines and rear areas ...  ear areas ... 

 

The 1918 Pandemic flu was in the news Oct 5, 2005 because Pres Bush mentioned having read Barry's book on the topic; so Barry is being interviewed on TV shows, etc.

Barry said that in that year the flu killed millions and that people turned blue from lack of oxygen very quickly; they were bleeding out of their eyes, mouth, ears, nose.

They were so black/blue that you couldn't tell what their race was.  Maybe that is an autoimmune reaction that kills off all the red blood cells ... not just rapidly starts destroying them.

 
Hitler didn't need to put a bullet in his head ... he was close to death from the bomb fumes, anyway. USA President FDR must have had similar exposures 'second hand' during WWII? ... & also direct exposures to bomb fumes/explosives from the WWI warfront.

Did you know this about Hitler *    Pres FDR ?

What cost, war?  *

 
Portrait of Adolf Hitler - copyright status unknown
Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Pandemic Flu

1-21-08