Quote Originally Posted by islaydarkblue View Post
Hi Mudskipper.
In 1969 and 1970 there were two outbreaks of Hong Kong flu throughout the UK resulting in 80,000 deaths but the country did not grind to a halt and Sporting events including football matches were not suspended until further notice.
There was no vaccine and eventually it ended probably through herd immunity. There were no emails and the post was delivered later due to postmen being off ill and milk deliveries also suffered due to milkmen also being off work due to having Hong Kong flu.
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Did Hong Kong fluey no go on to have his own tv series and become a number one superstar😁

In 2009 when the panic 're swine flu was on it was estimated it would kill 65000 in the UK (worst estimate) it ended up killing less than 400.

At the time the health Secretary trying to allay fears pointed out that the flu in year 1999/00 had killed well over 20000 in the UK.

There was no lockdown.

The reported record number of deaths reported for week beginning 10th of April is also incorrect it was 1970 when you take into account the population then and what it is now.