The Swine Flu in 1976?

The fearless Anand Rao just tweeted a link to two Public Service Announcements from 1976 about the Swine Flu (via the Daily Beast). They are pretty awesome, the 70s aesthetic is absolutely one of my favorites of all time. I spent the whole minute and a half waiting for the zombies from Romero’s Dawn of the Dead to bust out and start giving people the Swine Flu.

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4 Responses to “The Swine Flu in 1976?”


  1. 1 Anand Apr 27th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    I found this link on the Daily Beast- great source.

    My fav is the second commercial. “she gave it to her best friend, who had a heart condition, and died.” Terrifying.

  2. 2 Joe Calpin Apr 27th, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    I kept on wondering if you were going to make the connection to Zombie invasions…it seems all to convenient that the recent awareness of zombie defense strategies would only call forth the hordes…

  3. 3 BornBin May 4th, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    I’m looking for a good health blog,Nice information.

  4. 4 Reverend May 4th, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    @BornBin,

    No problem, I aim to please you dirty fucking spammers. Spread the good word.

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