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Scientists Determine Structure of 1918 Flu Virus

Posted by timothy on from the reconstruction-junction dept.

Elusive_Cure writes "NIMR scientists have solved an 85-year old riddle by determining the structure of the flu virus which jumped from birds to humans in 1918 killing more than 20 million people worldwide. This is the same virus that took more lives than World War I and became the largest and deadliest influenza outbreak in recorded history."

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  1. Re:I wonder... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    If it takes 80 some years to discover what caused a flu pandemic, how long will it take to discover what caused the SARS outbreak?

    I thought the Chinese caused the SARS outbreak. Something about fucking monkeys.

  2. Thanks a lot! by bersl2 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Thank you for your post discussing flu shots.

    I am now going into convulsions.

    No, really. I'm not joking.