tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post2297980282202416253..comments2024-03-25T12:21:56.752-05:00Comments on Sweethearts Of The West: HOW THE FLU PANDEMIC HIT AMERICA IN 1918Caroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-65736292749172563982015-05-14T13:23:50.795-05:002015-05-14T13:23:50.795-05:00Great post, Anna. The flu epidemic of 1918 has alw...Great post, Anna. The flu epidemic of 1918 has always interested me. I've mentioned it in 2 of my stories. My Uncle John had it and almost didn't survive it. <br />In all my years working in CCU and the ER, I only had the flu vaccine once, and only because we had to have it because of hospital policy. I never got the flu from work, not even after I came in contact with it day after day. In fact, I wonder if my contact with it in such an environment may have contributed to my seeming immunity. I don't know. <br />I have to agree with Paty, that good nutrition and exercise certainly helps maintain a good immune system. Washing hands is major. I wipe off shopping carts before I use them and wash my hands when I get home. Washing your hands is the single most helpful thing a person can do other than vaccines.<br />All the best to you, Anna. You certainly have initiated a great conversation.Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-55664342698381140572015-05-14T12:05:08.895-05:002015-05-14T12:05:08.895-05:00I'm hesitant about flu vaccines. Our son who h...I'm hesitant about flu vaccines. Our son who had to to have a barrage of vaccines and things when the Air Force sent him to the Middle East has had nothing but trouble since. <br /><br />I believe in eating well, getting exercise and staying away from people. ;) That's why we live out in the boonies with our closest neighbor a mile away.<br /><br />And I go to the store when there is the least amount of people. Not that I'm a hermit or anything...Paty Jagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257614436422105729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-69752533708435409952015-05-14T10:00:58.177-05:002015-05-14T10:00:58.177-05:00I'm recovering from flu, had my shot last Octo...I'm recovering from flu, had my shot last October. We're due for another since viruses are becoming resistant to meds. Good info, Anna K!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10734148270217773194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-92080925380720194732015-05-14T10:00:42.335-05:002015-05-14T10:00:42.335-05:00I'm recovering from flu, had my shot last Octo...I'm recovering from flu, had my shot last October. We're due for another since viruses are becoming resistant to meds. Good info, Anna K!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10734148270217773194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-27326151061045146742015-05-14T08:12:03.462-05:002015-05-14T08:12:03.462-05:00Anna Kathryn, sounds as if we each had an ancestor...Anna Kathryn, sounds as if we each had an ancestor die from this pandemic. As I said in my Facebook post about this blog, my maternal grandfather had TB and this pandemic finished him. He died in February of 1919. My mom was so young she barely remembered him.Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-1180068107477392472015-05-14T07:03:40.562-05:002015-05-14T07:03:40.562-05:00Timely post, for me, Anna Kathryn. First, my mater...Timely post, for me, Anna Kathryn. First, my maternal grandmother died of the Spanish Flu in 1919--she was 19 years old. Mother was three years old, and she had a little sister, one year old, and their father--my maternal grandfather, turned to alcohol...long story about how that affected my mother her entire life. <br />In my current WIP, a soldier comes home in winter of 1919 and finds all of his family dead from the flu (except the grandfather, who was murdered).<br /> Thanks for this info...once again, it's a good source of information that will be in our Archives if anyone needs information about the Spanish flu. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.com