dailygalaxy.com — MIT researchers have explained why two mutations in the H1N1 avian flu virus were critical for viral transmission in humans during the 1918 pandemic outbreak that killed at least 50 million people -believed more than that taken by the Black Death, and higher than the number killed in World War I.
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jimmytheclamJul 3, 2009
The information in that article isn't entirely up-to-date.Last I heard they were able to trace the mutation and outbreak back to a British camp just outside of Étaples, France in 1915 and again in 1916.This very smart man seems to have figured it out.<a class="user" href="http://ec.europa.eu/research/profiles/index_en.cfm?p=1_oxford">http://ec.europa.eu/research/profiles/index_en.cfm ...</a>
ksgantJul 3, 2009
My dyslexia was showing, because I read that as "MTV Solves the Mystery..." I though DAMN! They really have gotten away from playing music videos".
z95headhunterJul 3, 2009
Maybe because it happened 91 f**king years ago?
Closed AccountJul 3, 2009
buried for old news
slashdotordiggJul 3, 2009
IT'S OLDER THAN THE INTERNET!!
5urr3al5amJul 3, 2009
I wish these eggheads would solve something useful, like how the earth and all of the life that it olds is going to be completely destroyed because the average temperature has risen .5 degrees over the last 100 years
Closed AccountJul 3, 2009
Didn't the black death kill a larger percentage of the overall population though? J/w.
wildkats74Jul 4, 2009
you and the 4 others who dugg your comment might be the dumbest people on the Internet. Obviously this post means if they have figured out why this killed 50 million people or how it behaved, why aren't we seeing this covered on the news but instead are just getting spoon fed our typical sheep news.nevermind, if you didn't understand his comment, you won't understand mine.