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I was a teenager when the 1968 Hong Kong flu went around, I don't even remember the word "Pandemic" let alone a level system. I was just wondering if anybody knew the history on this?

2 comments:

Sdfgsdg said...

Level 6 has never been reached!!!
Not even with aids. This is going to be a new type of disaster!

Kalibasa said...

It has only never been reached because it is new. It was introduced a few years ago, in response to H5N1 fears. It makes sense, though- unlike most pandemics, influenza goes through predictable cycles. The classification still doesn't tell you the severity of the pandemic (the Hong Kong Flu was much less severe than the Spanish Flu).

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