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In the accounts of survivors of the Black Flu of 1918 in New Zealand, ("Black November" by Associate Prof Geoffrey Rice) time and time again, it is reported that the dead turned black. One would imagine that 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 black corpses would be reported and part of the literature. It is not. It is hidden.
Today, it is common for the victims of H5N1 to turn black. But they don't say- "The victim turned black"- noooooo
They had "cyanosis" or displayed "thrombocytemia". Yes, in other words, they turned black.
"Lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia were common findings in all series; these were prognostic indicators for ARDS and death. All patients had abnormal chest radiographic findings with features of interstitial infiltration, lobar infiltration, collapse/consolidation, and air bronchograms. Pneumothorax occurred in patients who received mechanical ventilation. The median time to the appearance of ARDS was 6 days after disease onset in the Thai series (range, 4 to 13 days). The case fatality rate of the two series in Vietnam and Thailand ranged from 67 to 80%. The time from onset to death ranged from 4 to 30 days (median, 8 to 23 days). The incidence of asymptomatic or mild infections vs pneumonia is unknown."
Wong SS, Yuen KY. Avian influenza virus infections in humans. Chest, 2006 Jan;129(1):156-68.
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