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Pimpintology
I am for real how on earth do you get Spanish Flu from this?
Swine Flu.
badgerprints
nixie_nox
reply to post by badgerprints
This is what the general public doesn't understand, every flu doesn't target the same people.
The reason that the 1918 flu was so deadly was because it targeted young people. If that scale were to occur today, it would cripple society as we know it.
This is a variant of the 1918 flu, but there Is herd immunity. But this is a problem because it does target young adults.
Thank god for herd immunity.
I'd hate to see how society would react if things were on the scale that they were in 1918.
Daughter2
Well right now I'm writing from my hospital room - I have H1N1.
I'm fine and I will be going home soon. It was bad but didn't kill me. I was just getting over another illness and had a VERY weak immune system. Probably helped and hurt at the same time.
I do want people to know one thing - THIS VIRUS DOESN'T ALWAYS PRODUCE A FEVER. In fact, I had a low temp. I did a search on ATS and there was a whole thread about this topic.
This is the ONLY place I found this info. They keep listing the symptoms as fever which may or may not be true,
nixie_nox
Pimpintology
I am for real how on earth do you get Spanish Flu from this?
Swine Flu.
*DOUBLE FACE PALM*
The flu going around now is H1N1. The Spanish flu was........H1N1.
The swine flu is.........................................................H1n1.
Seriously, do you people research or do you all have adhd?
The 2009 flu pandemic or swine flu was an influenza pandemic, and the second of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus (the first of them being the 1918 flu pandemic), albeit in a new version. First described in April 2009, the virus appeared to be a new strain of H1N1 which resulted when a previous triple reassortment of bird, swine and human flu viruses further combined with a Eurasian pig flu virus, leading to the term "swine flu".
Flu Cases Spike In Texas, 13 Dead In Houston Area
Officials are reporting a spike in flu cases in Texas with more than a dozen deaths in the Houston area. The primary culprit: the H1N1 strain, also known as the swine flu.
Influenza type A viruses are divided into subtypes and named on the basis of two proteins on the surface of the virus. There are 16 known HA subtypes and 9 known NA subtypes. Many different combinations of HA and NA proteins are possible. Only some influenza A subtypes (i.e., H1N1, H1N2, and H3N2) are currently in general circulation among people including the 2009 Swine Flu outbreak. Only influenza A viruses infect birds and all known subtypes of influenza A viruses can infect birds. However, there are substantial genetic differences between the influenza A subtypes that typically infect birds and those that infect both humans and birds.
badgerprints
truthseeker84
My younger bro caught H1N1 during the outbreak.
So anyway, long story short, he got it, we freaked out, he was taken into the hospital, they solved the problem with a take home medicine.
We were all living in the same house, no one caught the virus besides him.
Yeah,
Kids seem to do better with it. Their immune system seems to be less severely reactive.
I know people get it. Just seems to be a lot of dead folks in one spot at one time for the flu.
...the 2009 H1N1 virus has a greater impact on younger adults and older children than seasonal flu strains typically do
soficrow
badgerprints
truthseeker84
My younger bro caught H1N1 during the outbreak.
So anyway, long story short, he got it, we freaked out, he was taken into the hospital, they solved the problem with a take home medicine.
We were all living in the same house, no one caught the virus besides him.
Yeah,
Kids seem to do better with it. Their immune system seems to be less severely reactive.
I know people get it. Just seems to be a lot of dead folks in one spot at one time for the flu.
Actually, kids and young adults with strong immune systems do NOT do better with H1N1 - they get hit harder - plus, the death toll from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic was much higher than people and the MSM acknowledged. That said, looks like Montgomery County might be dealing with something else.
...the 2009 H1N1 virus has a greater impact on younger adults and older children than seasonal flu strains typically do
ceruleanblue
reply to post by Daughter2
Same for me. I have asthma as well and the combination was frightening.
I did get the flu vaccine in October, a requirement since I volunteer at a hospital. My symptoms started last Saturday and made for a very grueling week. My husband got sick a day after me (he did not have the vaccine). We've made it through the worst of it. The ER doctor I saw (in Travis county) said the vaccine hasn't been helping much lately.
I urge everyone to take proper precautions for yourself. Limit your exposure where you can, be mindful of what you touch/any sick people around you, and wash hands regularly. I think it's going to get worse before it gets better.
ceruleanblue
reply to post by badgerprints
They didn't tell me the subtype. The doctor diagnosed me even before the swab results were back and just said Influenza A.
reply to post by badgerprints
Just a lot of people to die in one hospital of the same thing in a few weeks.
Dianec
Why don't natural remedies work for some? What did people do back in the day before antibiotics to get rid of an ear or sinus infection, or the flu (although the last one is a virus).