but that would make sense. that can't be true.

The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) was an influenza pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world. It was caused by an unusually virulent and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1. Historical and epidemiological data are inadequate to identify the geographic origin of the virus.[1] Most of its victims were healthy young adults, in contrast to most influenza outbreaks which predominantly affect juvenile, elderly, or otherwise weakened patients. The pandemic lasted from March 1918 to June 1920,[2] spreading even to the Arctic and remote Pacific islands. It is estimated that anywhere from 20 to 100 million people were killed worldwide,[3] or the approximate equivalent of one third of the population of Europe,[4][5][6] more than double the number killed in World War I.[7] This extraordinary toll resulted from the extremely high illness rate of up to 50% and the extreme severity of the symptoms, suspected to be caused by cytokine storms. The pandemic is estimated to have affected up to one billion people: more than half the world's population at the time.[8]

Scientists have used tissue samples from frozen victims to reproduce the virus for study. Given the strain's extreme virulence there has been controversy regarding the wisdom of such research. Among the conclusions of this research is that the virus kills via a cytokine storm (overreaction of the body's immune system) which explains its unusually severe nature and the concentrated age profile of its victims. The strong immune systems of young adults ravaged the body, whereas the weaker immune systems of children and middle-aged adults caused fewer deaths.

You'll never get anyone to watch it though!
To get anyone to admit they were wrong about the earmark being wasteful spending is even more improbable!

It's a good video clip. It was an eye opener for me.

There are so many more issues than just those to consider. To my knowledge every American citizen has access to flu shots, generally for free and very low cost. Mexicans in the immediate area where it's believed to have started still, to the best of my knowledge, have not been vaccinated! Can you imagine that happening in the US? Another major factor is smoking in Mexico is far more common and they do have a problem smoking around kids not and that's not even considering the number of kids that smoke as well. Smoking is known to increase risks fr flu victims. The list goes on and on for other reasons why it's a bigger problem in Mexico and again we still can only compare nationalities not the race of people who have died. With 14 infections in Ca I can all but guarantee at least 3 or 4 we hispanic, yet only the one young child that had just come from Mexico died.

Again far too little evidence to point the problem at a race specific virus.

I'm gonna quit eating Mexican food until this blows over

just to be safe

For the record, I'm not trying to fearmonger, just trying to bounce ideas and information back and forth, to hammer it all out.

Fact is Corporate entities and the CDC have been mixing and matching flu viruses, Fact is we have both Baxter and Fort Detrick which it seems have issues keeping their viruses safe and not in public supplies.
Fact is, we have elements in our government and corporate world who have openly called for population reductions by any means.

I'd much rather be wrong.