Show Americ — 5 ITOL - ir iiR lor a Jfiu Attack ' U The Asiatic influenza epidemic may J 3 strike hard in the U S this Fall and Winter here's whaVs been done to protect you 7' A Vaccine is readied for market by Jack Ryan The coming weeks may be unpleasant ones for millions of Americans An influenza epidemic is spreading throughout the world and some experts believe this Fall and Winter will make us ripe for its fever headaches and prostration For those who remember the historic worldwide flu epidemic of 1918-1- 9 here are some words of comfort: the current virus is rarely fatal So far it has shown few of the killing characteristics of "Spanish flu" which left 21 million persons m Lijjujmwiiiji)iijjiBi!iiiiniju )iiiiiiiiijiijiidiiuiiiMwiiMiiMii imnrniir r I V f -- ' " " S '' nn ( r' Vh t in inliii'PJililllWMillilLMUJUi'11'llKH' imiUL J ' A 'J V wn mini umiiwlwiiii V 'yt"TtT ( w ft- TinraiBfliiKn ' dead 548452 of them Americans Today's "Asiatic flu" will cause severe illness but be over in three or four days Even more important new wonder drugs probably can check influenza's real danger — aftereffects like pneumonia and other respiratory diseases Nevertheless in terms of comfort and cost the possible epidemic could deal the United States a severe blow If the highly contagious flu follows the pattern set in the Orient and since repeated on almost every continent 15 to 20 percent of the population may be affected and in some (Continued on page 6) Ajs I ' r HJ V v '"-- ' A - - - 1 J ' - Officials in San Francisco check passengers 4 Family Weekly September 22 1957 aboard ocean liner from the Orient on which 96 were stricken with flu Later the illness broke out elsewhere on West Coast " ' I |