>>My grandmother was 24 when she died November 1918 due to the flu, and left her husband and four young children. Grandmothers brother had died of the flu and left a wife and three children one week before. The flu hurt many families.
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>One of the unusual things about that flu was that the young and previously healthy were more likely to die. Usually, epidemics kill the old and the weak. But the nature of this one was different.
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>You'd probably really enjoy the book I read: The Great Influenza. Well-written, lots of scientific background, and well-presented history.
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>Tamar

Tamar;

Thank you for the suggestion. I will look for the book.

Another strange thing about the Spanish Influenza was how fast it spread! There were not many 747's in those days! :) Imagine what would happen today?

Tom