Swine flu pandemic: why I changed my mind about the danger

I think for most people, their concern and fears about swine flu probably peaked that day when the World Health Organization raised the threat level of the H1N1 virus to level 6 and declared it a complete pandemic. and began to talk about the shortage of vaccines available. While this sounded an alarm in the minds of most people, it has not resulted in a global collapse or any other worldwide disaster. As a result, it splashed onto the scene and then disappeared into the chaos of the news cycle.

As time has passed since the original pronouncement that we have a CDC pandemic on our hands, it has been shown to be less than an all-consuming virus that is spreading nonstop around the world. Yes, some people have died from complications of the H1N1 virus; However, it has been less than originally anticipated. In the United States, the number of people who died in October 2009 has just passed the 1000 mark. So, I felt that, like most people, it was more of an exaggeration than a reality.

I felt that way until I started reading an e-book on the swine flu pandemic. He explained how to protect himself and his family from what's called "new strains of influenza," which is exactly how the swine flu is classified. While pandemics like H1N1 seem to start slowly, they can end up killing about 100 million people before it runs its course.

Pandemic influenza of 1918

In the span of time, it hasn't been that long since the last pandemic hit the world. The year 1918 comes to mind, and that was just over a century ago, and although medicine has come in an incredible way since that original H1N1 outbreak, it came out of nowhere at the same time of year, it almost disappeared. more than two months. and returned in the fall.

And, when he returned, he had changed. The mutated virus passed through the population dropping people like flies. People turned blue and soon died to the point that cities did not even have proper coffins to bury the dead. As a result, they had to pile the corpses and dig mass graves to support them.dads

Pandemic influenza 2009

While there are obvious similarities between the 1918 strain and the 2009 strain, we have made progress in the way we treat it. There is also evidence that this is not the first incarnation of a virilent influenza strain. This is just one of the amazing facts that I learned in Survive Pandemic Flu. I can also guarantee that those officials we all laughed at from the start for raising the alarm without anything happening were not the idiots we thought they were.

Usually when someone reviews a book, they say this is the most important book they will read this year, which we all know is a huge overkill to make sales. Therefore, I am not going to talk about Survive Flu Pandemic. Decide on the way things play out in the news. Will this be the most important book you will read in 2009? If you think it's true, thank me later for pointing you in the right direction.