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I don't--there have been two deaths in McLennan County, TX since a week ago with 51 local cases. I go to the store because that's the only place open, pick up a few things. I wish I had thought to ask my mother (1902-1997) during her life if she or her family knew anyone who died or even got sick during the 1918 pandemic. She had six siblings and none got sick and if they knew anyone who died or even got sick they never mentioned it. Since 675,000 Americans died of the flu and and an estimated 28% were infected with it, it seems hard to imagine you could not at least know someone who got sick. It lasted 13 months and killed more people than the Bubonic Plague did in 100 years, or so I've read about.