Right now here in America and other countries around the world are facing an illness that has spend threw out many nations. This illness is called the Swine Flu (H1N1). The Swine Flu can start off as a mild illness but very quickly it can turn into a critical illness if you are not treaded right away. “Swine flu” refers to any flu virus endemic in pigs, but the damage behind this year's international outbreak is a mutation which allows animal to human, and human to human.
Our neighbor, Canada, had 168 Swine Flu patients who were required hospitalization. Most of those patients were than sent to the ICU less than 48 hours after. Eventual 80% of the patients that were sent to the ICU needed to be on ventilators. With in a moth after, about 14.3% have died. Many of these extreme cases occurred in relatively healthy, young adults. The very old or very young are usually most affected by seasonal flu. Not saying that the old and the very young should not be treated with the Swine Flu vaccine, it’s just that it mostly has targeted the young adults.
If the Swine Flu turns out to be as bad as it was in the flu pandemic of 1968. In that time frame 35% of Americans got sick. If that happens know, then 14 states would have ran out of hospital beds. Another dozen would have to fill 75% of their beds with nothing but flu victims. Here in America we have come up with a vaccine that can prevent you from getting the Swine Flu, but in some other countries they do not have the vaccine we have, so more of their people are dieing. So far, 77 million doses of seasonal flu vaccine have been distributed.
Children all over the country are receiving the first dose of Swine Flu vaccine. You can receive the vaccine by a nasal spray or just a regular shot. So far in the U.S. 76 children have died because they were not treated. There are many ways you can help keep your child safe from the swine flu or preventing the spread of germs that could lead to swine flu. Teach your child good hygiene and to have them cough or sneeze into their elbow. If your child is sick with anything, take them out of school until they are 100% better to prevent other children from getting sick. If you see that your child has a fever, cough, swore throat, body aches, headaches, and chills take them directly to the hospital just in cause if it is the swine flu.
http://www.newser.com/section/6/science-health-news-headlines.html
Our neighbor, Canada, had 168 Swine Flu patients who were required hospitalization. Most of those patients were than sent to the ICU less than 48 hours after. Eventual 80% of the patients that were sent to the ICU needed to be on ventilators. With in a moth after, about 14.3% have died. Many of these extreme cases occurred in relatively healthy, young adults. The very old or very young are usually most affected by seasonal flu. Not saying that the old and the very young should not be treated with the Swine Flu vaccine, it’s just that it mostly has targeted the young adults.
If the Swine Flu turns out to be as bad as it was in the flu pandemic of 1968. In that time frame 35% of Americans got sick. If that happens know, then 14 states would have ran out of hospital beds. Another dozen would have to fill 75% of their beds with nothing but flu victims. Here in America we have come up with a vaccine that can prevent you from getting the Swine Flu, but in some other countries they do not have the vaccine we have, so more of their people are dieing. So far, 77 million doses of seasonal flu vaccine have been distributed.
Children all over the country are receiving the first dose of Swine Flu vaccine. You can receive the vaccine by a nasal spray or just a regular shot. So far in the U.S. 76 children have died because they were not treated. There are many ways you can help keep your child safe from the swine flu or preventing the spread of germs that could lead to swine flu. Teach your child good hygiene and to have them cough or sneeze into their elbow. If your child is sick with anything, take them out of school until they are 100% better to prevent other children from getting sick. If you see that your child has a fever, cough, swore throat, body aches, headaches, and chills take them directly to the hospital just in cause if it is the swine flu.
http://www.newser.com/section/6/science-health-news-headlines.html
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