Maybe it's just me but I hadn't heard about this until today talking with my son.
It's kind of fitting since I'm reading a book about a flu in 1918 that was pandemic and killed possibly 14 million. I had never heard about it before and that is where the "Spanish Flu" got its name because that is where it was reported first.
Just something of interest. Has anyone else heard of this?
http://www.examiner.com/x-29228-LA-Health-Technology-Examiner~y2009...