PBS - Secrets of the Dead S04E02 - Killer Flu [DVDrip]...Ctiger

In 1918, a flu pandemic ripped through the global population with such speed and virulence that by the end of the following year an estimated 40 million people would be dead - four times the number of victims eventually claimed by the First World War. The international medical community lacked the expertise to deal with the virus, which was mistakenly believed to be a bacterium, and found itself powerless to stop it from spreading. No one was prepared for the end result. Hospitals ran out of beads for their sick. Morgues spilled out onto the streets.

Where did this particular flu strain come from? What make it so deadly? Eighty-five years later, American and British virologists are teaming up to hunt down the answers to those two critical questions. Their quest has been imbued with a sense of urgency; modern health experts are bracing themselves for the emergence of a flu strain similar to 1918's, with many suggesting a similar pandemic will occur within the next decade. If modern scientists can shed light on why the 1918 virus was so lethal, they could apply that information to the emergence the next pandemic strain. But will they solve the mystery in time?



Source: Retail DVD (2003)
Length: 56:55
Size: 499MB
Container: mp4
Language: English

Video
Codec: H264
Resolution: 720x382 (SD/full screen)
Frame rate: 29.97

Audio
Codec: AAC
Bitrate: 160k
Sample rate: 48kHz
Channels: 2 (Stereo)