Swine Flu PSAs from1976

Jeffkrulik says:

From the voluminous shelves of the National Archives, here are vintage Swine Flu PSAs from 1976.
For those who don't remember the great swine flu scare, here's a website I just googled.

(Thanks, Gord!)

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Anonymous

Im so proud to be in America! Where we have FEARDOM! And no I didnt spell that wrong.
Hamish MacDonald

OH MY GOD! NOBODY TOUCH ME! (Especially not with a chihuahua.)
Takuan

never heard of the Zombie Chihuahua?
EH

“…and they infected two friends, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on.”
Phikus

God, it really is the 70′s all over again. At least we have the new punk rock to look forward to.
Anonymous

hahaha @1min “Betty’s mother gave it to her best friend Dotty… but Dotty had a heart condition and she died”

hahahaha, the voice makes this hilarious
Ned613

#15: I can’t tell, maybe. But the chihuahua looks like Bobby from “Beverly Hills Chihuahua.”
Anonymous

Poor Dottie and that heart condition.
Anonymous

My parents got the ’70s swine flu shot. They usually don’t believe in the flu shot, but at the time, everyone was making such a big deal about it.

My mom got really, really sick from the shot and regrets ever taking it.
ChunkyMonkeyBrain

Also – the line forms to the left to get the left-over Smallpox vaccine that they stockpiled in 2004.
– Hey, where’s everybody going? This is a REAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN! We’re not fear-mongering! It’s for your own good! Hey look! Even President Bush got one! Come on, line up now.

Wait! come back!
Anonymous

#13: Do the Daily Show writers have a teleport to the future? They showed a clip of this in Monday night’s episode, and this was posted on BB on Tuesday.
AsteriskCGY

And now I know the Daily Show writers read this site.
Takuan

of course they do – and the bastards haven’t sent me one lousy dime.
InsertFingerHere

Someone with some time and ability, PLEASE change the ending of that 2nd spot to a warning about VD or crabs. It’s just begging for it.

Oh, and Mr. Healthy 55 ? Why do you have a cane?
dross1260

David’s mother , Betty…whore
AsteriskCGY

#16 Oh my god, they’re PSYCHIC.
Or probably used Google.
Or had someone who remembered this.
But its still an interesting correlation.
Takuan

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/gop-reaffirms-pro-swine-p_b_191931.html
Anonymous

It sounds like like the voice of William Shatner (Captain Kirk) for the male voice-over. Anyone agree?