Posts Tagged ‘swine flu preparedness’

In order to have a better understanding of what we can do for swine flu preparedness it is important to understand the incubation period for swine flu. Firstly, it is important to know that the incubation period for any disease refers to the amount of time it takes for symptoms to appear after one has been infected with a certain bacteria or virus, such as the h1n1 virus.
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Swine Flu6 Jan 2010

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As many people are undergoing some type of swine flu preparedness, it is important to understand who is the most susceptible to h1n1 virus in order to try and avoid the possible swine flu side effects, including death!
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Swine Flu6 Jan 2010

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In order to go about the swine flu preparedness we can learn from other pandemics such as the 1918 flu pandemic. The 1918 flu pandemic, also called the Spanish flu, was one of the most devastating things to be experienced by humans, killing more people than the 4 years of the bubonic plague and WWI. About a third of the world’s population was infected with this influenza virus. The Spanish flu is a derivative of the influenza A virus as is the swine flu, that is why it is so important to understand the history of the 1918 flu pandemic for swine flu preparedness. Influenza type A is a flu virus that is highly virulent in humans but not so much in pigs, which explains its rapid and continuous spread in the 1918 flu pandemic. The Spanish flu seemed to kill and infect many younger individuals placing them at greater risk for death and the 2009 H1N1 swine flu is following this same trend.
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Flu17 Dec 2009

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