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Old 02-19-2020, 20:41   #185
doctom54
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Originally Posted by mugwump View Post
......Again, my opinion only, but talking of decontamination is ultimately pointless. Complete isolation may help you avoid the first wave, hopefully allowing time for vaccine production. But if you’re going out and about and hoping to decontaminate...good luck to you.
1918-1919 Pandemic

Worst affected was Western Samoa, formerly German Samoa, which had been occupied by New Zealand in 1914. 90% of the population was infected; 30% of adult men, 22% of adult women, and 10% of children died.

Samoa was very remote in 1919 and they were affected also!
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