I was in the UK. military in 1957, and half our battalion went down with the Asian Flu. No one died, but a lot were very ill. I had just a mild dose of it.
Don't think we were any tougher than those of today, but there definitely were not anywhere near as many obese people around which may have kept numbers down.
With no internet, news of the severity of it was not readily available, which led to less rumour and info overload.
We were not that long out of WW2, and the general attitude, was a bit of flu was nothing compared to what many had been through.
We just got on with it.
Last edited by Two Bills; 07-26-2020 at 03:46 AM.
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