The Human Immune System

[Lucia625]

(12-07-2014 04:14 PM)A Gu Wrote:  An interesting thing to note is that Spanish flu was actually deadlier the more effective your immune system due to causing a cytokine storm. A potential symptom to go with this.

According to Wikipedia, Spanish flu killed about 10% to 20% of the people it infected. Of course it still means about 100 to 150 million people died! But it also follows that more than 80% of infected people survived the disease and considering the dismal state of medicine at the time it must have been almost entirely their immune systems that saved them.

There may be some diseases that were 100% lethal but the Spanish Flu certainly wasn't one of them, not even close. Neither was the bubonic plague. Neither was Smallpox.

Immunity is a huge factor in immunology and failing to give it even a token nod is a disappointing omission in an otherwise clever, educational and surprisingly scientifically accurate game.