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The Flu That Killed 50 Million

  • TV Movie
  • 2018
  • 59m
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The Flu That Killed 50 Million (2018)
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It is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus that will kill more than fifty million p... Read allIt is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus that will kill more than fifty million people - the Spanish flu.It is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus that will kill more than fifty million people - the Spanish flu.

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    • Andrew Thompson
  • Stars
    • Christopher Eccleston
    • Wendy Barclay
    • Catharine Arnold
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    • Director
      • Andrew Thompson
    • Stars
      • Christopher Eccleston
      • Wendy Barclay
      • Catharine Arnold
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    Christopher Eccleston
    Christopher Eccleston
    • Narrator
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    Wendy Barclay
    • Self - Professor - Imperial College London
    Catharine Arnold
    • Self - Author of 'Pandemic 1918: The Story of the Deadliest Influenza in History'
    Mark Harrison
    • Self - Professor - University of Oxford
    Mark Honigsbaum
    • Self - Lecturer at City University of London
    Michael Bresalier
    • Self - Lecturer in the History of Medicine - Swansea University
    Paul Birchard
    • William Welch
    Iain Davie
    • Ernest Gibson
    Jeremy Edwards
    • Basil Hood
    Kenny Fullwood
    • Alexander Jamieson
    Amy Kennedy
    • Katherine Garvin
    Hannah MacPhail
    • Ada Berry
    Isabel McClelland
    • Mary Dobson
    Brian Pettifer
    Brian Pettifer
    • Victor Vaughan
    Allan Tall
    • James Niven
    Anita Vettesse
    • Catherine MacFie
    Finlay Welsh
    Finlay Welsh
    • Arthur Newsholme
    Ronni Menzies-Stirling
    Ronni Menzies-Stirling
    • Sgt. Frederick Berry
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      • Andrew Thompson
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    Not Accurate, mostly British History not other Nations Observations

    The 1918 to 1920 Pandemic did not start 1918 but years before in the filthy rat infested trenches of World War One that had lots of dead human bodies left rotting in the trenches. Rats like their cousin bats have many diseases, like bats have 400 kinds of Coronaviruses.

    The Spanish Newspapers reported about this before 1918 and were criticized as the British, Germans, Americans, European Nations all Censored everything about the Horrors of World War One that daily since 1914 the Spanish Newspapers Reported Everything including The Disease that was raging in the Trenches of World War One, so the Governments doing the Censorship called this The Spanish Disease because they did not know much about Viruses, Bacteria, Mold, Mildew, Fungi, etc. especially General Practitioners Medical Doctors.

    When the first symptoms started prior to 1918, many misdiagnosed this as exposure to a new kind of chemical weapon, as coughing up blood, some believed was a biological weapon. Many had never heard of Hemorrhagic Fever unless they had been to the Great British Colonial Empire's Colonies at the Middle East, nor seen Bacterial Pneumonia nor Viral Pneumonia nor even knew the difference, there was no such thing as Oxygen Tents either.

    Most of the Military Uniforms of that time were made of wool, dead animal hair, perfect for carrying a bacteria, virus, toxic mold, mildew, poison producing fungi, etc. especially disease carrying fleas, ticks, lice, etc., even common anthrax spores from bacteria.

    Routinely Military Units during World War One 1914 to 1918, were rotated, many wounded were sent to Military Bases at their Own Nation. Many times after a rest, the Units were at the Trenches sent to other locations. This is when the Virus went from the trenches of World War One to the Entire World's Nations involved with World War One, including at the Ottoman Empire and other Nations of The Great Colonial Empire Colonies, The French Colonial Empire Colonies, Arabia, Austria Hungarian Empire, Germany, Middle East, U.S. and U.S Territories, etc..

    Many Survivors that served at the Trenches of World War One, ended up at Training Bases to train new Military, 1914 ro 1917 prior to the End of World War One 1918, as a high probability infected with a disease that then spread through out the Densely Populated Barracks and Training Units.

    The use of the term Flu, Influenza was based on a lack of Knowledge of Virology, Epidemiology, Mathematical Epidemiology, Immunology, Microbiology, etc. as less threatening Flue as a chimney, instead of using the more scary Medical terms like virus, Bacteria, Infection, Outbreak, Pandemic, etc..

    World War One Trenches of France 1916 to 1917, --->Great British Colonial Empire London England Ports-->Ships Required to Refuel---> Destinations, Great British Colonial Empire Colonies.

    World War One Trenches of France 1916 to 1917, --->German Soldiers rotated back to Germany, new German Soldiers sent from German.-->German Soldiers returning from France, allowed to Visit Family, Relatives, Friends.--> Some train new German Soldiers at German Military Kasernes.

    World war One April 6, 1917 U.S. Officially Enters World War One. U.S. Volunteers had already been at World War One since beginning, 1914,-->1917 Many returned to U.S. to Train U.S. Military at U.S. Military Bases as Cadre. Virus starts mutating.

    1918 the Virus has been spread Worldwide since 1916. Mutates, is spread as Food Borne, Surface Contamination, Not Infected Persons eating Virus Contaminated Food, get infected throats, sinus cavity, mouths, the virus is breathed in from infected mouth, sinus cavity, throat into Lungs causing hemorrhaging similar to hemorrhagic fever, Ebola. Medical Doctors at Europe do not have any ideas, the Medical Doctors at the Middle East had experience with the Ancestor of the West Nile Virus, and the Ancestor of the MERS Coronavirus.

    Did anybody learn anything, nope.

    Teams sent to 2009 Virus Outbreak a Recombinant DNA RNA Virus, CDC refused to have Thermal Imaging at U.S. Ports of Entry and Close Borders to give time to create Vaccine, Test Vaccine, Mass Produce Vaccine, Distribute Vaccine, Outbreak became Pandemic, Pandemic is now Endemic still killing with the CDC Lie "Death By UnderLYING Causes".

    Teams sent to Virus Outbreak, hemorrhagic Virus. 10, 10, 10 Rule created, 10 feet range of sneeze or cough, infected cloud 10 feet diameter, remained in air 10 minutes or more. Recommended Locally made N100 Masks, easy to get Locally Airtight Goggles, Yellow Rubber Rainsuits with Hoods, gardener's rubber boots, we brought in Surplus U.S. Army Nuclear Biological Chemical Black thick gloves, everything was sealed using vinyl tape, and impermeable surgical paper tape, decontamination was bleach including washing hands using upright water coolers with taps.

    CDC Demanded that Nations Medical Doctors, Nurses use Face Shields and Surgical Masks, they did, 50 percent died, because they died 90 percent of their patients died. Virus 90 percent fatality rate. They got infected thru eyes because face shields not air tight, and thru nose and mouth as virus smaller than holes of paper surgical masks and weave of fabric of cloth masks. Using magnifying glass could see small red spots on eyes, then bleeding from corners of eyes, minutes later dead. We recommended Armed Quarantine, Close Borders, wear what we Recommended, we started using remdesivir of massive doses based on body weight, body mass index, conditions of health of patients, too little you do not kill the Virus the first time possible creation of mutation, too much dead patient(s), the Virus Outbreak Ended, we waited while in Country 31 Day Isolation Quarantine. The Virus Outbreak ended, there were no more deadly mutations. This Virus was started as Food Borne, food baked at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for hours did not kill virus, same as later 2019 Wuhan City Food Borne. Once again the CDC Lied, Cooking at 160 Degrees Fahrenheit Kills SARS CoVid 2 (name of the Virus), CoVid 2019 is name of the SARS CoVid 2 Pandemic.

    Teams sent to Bacteriological Outbreak, CDC Demanded Use of Antiviral to Treat Bacterial Infections, we ignored the CDC again and used Antibiotics carefully as to not create another MRSA. Bacteriological Outbreak Ended. Instead of getting that Bacterial Infection many of Us got amoebic dysentery that was immune to broad spectrum antibiotics, was not killed by being cooked food or boiling water at 212 Degrees Fahrenheit, the locals created a cure and treated Us while Teams Members treated with Antibiotics were evacuated to U.S. we got well a few days later, called U.S. Military Hospital treating our infected Team Members, they were treated like we were and were well days later, unfortunately with some tissue and organ damages, and were Medically Discharged from U.S. Military.

    Creating a Vaccine from Attenuated Strain of Virus or Proteins of Dead Virus does not account for any Mutations from what the samples were used to create the Attenuated Stain Virus or Dead Virus Protein Vaccine, as proof they learned NOTHING.

    CDC definitely did not learn, that time is critical to save lives, and instead of using the Successful Chinese DNA RNA SARS CoVid 2 Tests, the CDC demanded to create their Own Antibody Test, while the CDC was warned that the Majority Infected do NOT create Antibodies therefore False Negatives and No Treatments with Antiviral remdesivir. And even now instead of using the Successful Chinese DNA RNA SARS CoVid 2 Tests that were successfully used on the 7 Million to 8 Million Population of Wuhan City, the CDC demanded the Use of RNA Tests Only, that many times there is not enough SARS CoVid 2 RNA for the CDC Test to detect.

    Most of Us that were Trained, Graduated from U.S. Military Schools, Experienced with Virus Outbreaks, etc. Refuse to say Spanish Flu, Flu, In-Flue (Chimney)-nza, instead we say 1917 to 1920 Virus Pandemic so that anybody listen knows the date started 1917, that was a Virus, and Outbreak became a Pandemic.

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      • September 25, 2018 (United Kingdom)
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