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Originally Posted by mynah
The viral strain, which would later be named H1N1, showed the characteristics of a virus that had undergone species jumping. The high rate of contagion, prevalence of the disease and extraordinary virulence had the hallmark of a foreign virus that had found its way around the human immune system, and against which humans had little resistance. Variants of H1N1 are still circulating among humans – but because most people have developed a degree of resistance, as well as the fact that vaccines and antiviral drugs are now available, the virus is not in the least as threatening as in 1918.
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Spanish flu is a strain of H1N1, just like half of all flu viruses today are a strain of H1N1. N1N1 existed before spanish flu, and obviously still exists now. Nevertheless, Spanish flu is extinct in the wild - completely extinct.
People don't still get Spanish flu, yet have an immunity to it as you say 2 posts ago. A person infected today would presumably be just as affected as someone infected in 1918.
~modest
