Swine Flu 1976/ Swine Flu Video Games

The U.S. had a swine flu outbreak in Feb. of 1976 that infected 5 soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey, in which one of the soldiers died. So people panicked and the government decided that every American needed to be vaccinated against swine flu ASAP, so they started providing vaccinations to the public in October of that year. The only problem was that the swine flu vaccine that they were giving out made a bunch of people sick and killed 25 people. So the swine flu only infected those 5 soldiers, killed one, and never even got beyond Fort Dix. The flu vaccine that was given out caused about 500 people to get Guillain-Barré syndrome and killed 25. So if you weren't freaked out about swine flu enough already, here's some scary propaganda ads from around that time, urging people to get a shot for it.



As far as I know, there's not a video game about swine flu, yet. However, there are two flash games that I have played that you might enjoy. I'll let you know if I come across any other ones. Yes, it is possible to kill everyone on Pandemic 2. I've done it, but it all depends on infecting Madagascar, and that can be a real pain in the ass.

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• Pandemic 2