@springyzone wrote:
From what I have read, some of the victims of the spanish flu also carried the virus after death.
I suppose it is a good reason for cremation or if that is is unacceptable, quick burial.
That flu virus dna or rna has I think been extracted from frozen victims even after so many years
As for China for example , not enough cold storage and I suspect are quite strict as to how land is used, so has been cremation
Got to avoid associated public health issues and other diseases, so the deceased outside hospitals were gathered up quickly
They brought in mobile crematoriums complete with crew of 6 or 8 - I think they usually use them for disposing of animals because the signage declared so. ( Unless considered better p,r than bluntly stating it's more common use )
The high sulphur content smog could be detected from pollution monitoring satellites
