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The 1918 flu pandemic (the "Spanish flu") was an influenza pandemic, and the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus (the second was the 2009 flu pandemic, an outbreak of swine flu). It was an unusually severe and deadly pandemic that spread across the world. Historical and epidemiological data are inadequate to identify the geographic origin. Most victims were healthy young adults, in contrast to most influenza outbreaks, which predominantly affect juvenile, elderly, or weakened patients. The flu pandemic was implicated in the outbreak of encephalitis lethargica in the 1920s.
The pandemic lasted from January 1918 to December 1920, spreading even to the Arctic and remote Pacific islands. Between 50 and 130 million died, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Even using the lower estimate of 50 million people, 3% of the world's population (which was 1.86 billion at the time) died of the disease. Some 500 million, or 27%, were infected.
Tissue samples from frozen victims were used to reproduce the virus for study. This research concluded, among other things, that the virus kills through a cytokine storm (overreaction of the body's immune system), which perhaps explains its unusually severe nature and the concentrated age profile of its victims. The strong immune system reactions of young adults ravaged the body, whereas the weaker immune systems of children and middle-aged adults resulted in fewer deaths.
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Girl you say you want to leave me
You say we're done
Just when I was changing
That's when you tell my love
Oh girl, can't you see the way I feel
You schould know my love is real
Our love is too strong, we throw it all away
I still love you baby
Dont walk away from me
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Girl 'cause you're the treasure of my heart
Dont walk away from me
Girl 'cause you're the treasure of my heart
dont leave me now, please don't go
Girl 'cause you're the treasure of my heart
You say that you don't trust me
What does it take?
To regain your trusting
Could it be that I'm to late?
Oh girl, we tried before to go our seperate ways
Why can't we see theres just no other way
I swear this time I'll try to make it right
I still love you baby
Dont walk away from me
Girl 'cause you're the treasure of my heart
Dont leave me now, please don't go
Girl 'cause you're the treasure of my heart
Dont walk away from me
Girl 'cause you're the treasure of my heart
dont leave me now, please don't go
Girl 'cause you're the treasure of my heart
Yo espero que un dia (un dia)
Tu has de comprender (has de comprender)
Que como el tiempo todo cambia
Y tu amor no quiero perder, oh girl
Siempre pienzo solo em ti
Tu eres el amor que yo perdi
Tu eres la única para mi
I still love u baby
Dont walk away from me
Girl 'cause you're the treasure of my heart
Dont leave me now, please don't go
Girl 'cause you're the treasure of my heart
Dont walk away from me
Girl 'cause you're the treasure of my heart
dont leave me now, please don't go