Those of you interested in learning more about the flu epidemic of 1918 should visit the following website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/ There are a number of options available; I found the program transcription very interesting. (It aired a couple of years ago.) There is also a section on later day efforts to isolate the virus which caused the epidemic. This effort was undertaken not only out of curiosity but from the concern that it could reappear. The numbers of deaths due to it are staggering: over 30 million world-wide and 550,000 in 1918 in the U.S. It is the greatest tragedy to hit the U.S. and yet is virtually unknown. As Kathy said, it is sobering to read about it. Lorene

Thank you, Lorene, for listing the address for this site. I've just glanced briefly at it, and can tell that it is going to be a fascinating read. What wonderful background for those of us who may someday write a book about our family histories. You would have been a wonderful teacher. Kathy Bowlin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorene Paschal" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 3:53 PM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Flu epidemic > Those of you interested in learning more about the flu epidemic of 1918 > should visit the following website: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/ > > There are a number of options available; I found the program > transcription very interesting. (It aired a couple of years ago.) There > is also a section on later day efforts to isolate the virus which caused > the epidemic. This effort was undertaken not only out of curiosity but > from the concern that it could reappear. > The numbers of deaths due to it are staggering: over 30 million > world-wide and 550,000 in 1918 in the U.S. It is the greatest tragedy to > hit the U.S. and yet is virtually unknown. As Kathy said, it is sobering > to read about it. > Lorene > >