Hongkong Ful. 1968 flu pandemic also called hong kong flu pandemic of 1968 or hong kong flu of 1968 global outbreak of influenza that originated in china in july 1968 and lasted until 1969 70. But there s a pandemic much closer in time that many have forgotten about the hong kong flu pandemic of 1968.
Hong kong flu 1969 killed 30000 in the u k between july 69 and the end of 1970 and 2 to 4 million world wide. 1968 flu pandemic also called hong kong flu pandemic of 1968 or hong kong flu of 1968 global outbreak of influenza that originated in china in july 1968 and lasted until 1969 70. 1968 was a year of protests and social unrest.
1968 was a year of protests and social unrest.
It was also the year of a strain of the flu that started in hong kong that spread and killed nearly a million people. The 1968 flu pandemic resulted in an estimated one million to four million deaths far fewer than the 1918 19 pandemic which caused between 25 million and 50. I was 15 in 1969 and my first year at work i caught the flu and lived to tell the tale as did my parents and grandparents. And indeed the world handled the now largely forgotten 1968 69 hong kong flu pandemic.
