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(1) Why keep the 1918 flu virus in the freezer? So they can study it and to try to find a way to prevent it. (2) Where do all fly viruses get their start? Inside the stomach of birds. It sits in their stomach and does not affect them but when it reaches humans it affects humans. (3) How does the avian flu and 1918 flu kill people? It causes inflammation in the lower lungs. This causes people suffocate. (4) Why can't the bird flu transfer from human to human? The bird flu can't travel human to human because it does not have the right hemoglobin. (5) Why would someone in the lab want to give the bird flu the ability to go from human to human? They would want this so they can see how it passes human to human exacly, and this in turn will help them eliminate this happening. Or prevent that from happening. (6) How are they are trying to give bird flu that ability (in the lab)? They are trying to give the bird flu that ability by mixing the bird flu and the 1918 flu. (7) How many people were killed in th 1918 flu epidemic? 50 million were killed. (8) How many people were killed by the plague-"The black death"? An estimated 75 million people were killed. (9) What is an epidemic? Prevalent among a people or a community at a special time, and produced by some special causes not generally present in the affected locality. (10) What caused the plague and how did it spread? It is believed that the disease started to spread through fleas on rats in Europe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death 10 minute video http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50076772?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=epidemic&first=1&max_to_show=10