Just the Flu?

Scientists, aware that the influenza virus can mutate without warning, live in fear of an epidemic of killer flu. This fearless documentary takes us into laboratories around the world, interviewing researchers in England, Canada, France, the US and Australia, all engaged in a constant battle against a virus so small that one million can fit on the head of a pin. We learn that of the three types of flu, only one is fatal; we see how easily the air-borne virus is spread, especially in a world of crowded cities and jet travel; we also discover the surprising link between humans, pigs and ducks in spreading the disease. The numbers are startling: in 1918-1919 the Spanish Flu claimed 20 million; over one million died of the Asian flu in 1957 and another million, eleven years later of the Hong Kong strain. You may never again say "Just the Flu" after seeing this film.