Are you questioning whether you and your family should get a vaccine/flu shot. Well you should before its too late. You don't know someone might end up having the flu or maybe even you might have it. In June 2009, the World Health Organization stopped counting cases and said the outbreak to be a pandemic. The symptoms of swine flu are similar to the average seasonal flu. It causes fever, sore throat, cough, headache, tiredness, vomiting, ammonia and even death. Especially dangerous elderly people, pregnant women and babies. It’s very important that we protect ourselves from germs. Wash your hands before and after contact with animals and sick people. Wash our hands regularly throughout the day.
You might not know who has swine flu or just a cold. The vaccination is helpful to the symptoms, but it can also be dangerous to people who are allergic. Even though its very rare for a human to infect another human with swine flu, but it has happened before. Also in June 2009 a new deadly virus outbreak happened. This new H1N1 comprises genes from seasonal human virus in a North American bird. It started ln and winter and had the introduction of new pigs into herds. Studies have shown that 30% to 50% of the pig population has evidence of having H1N1 infection. The north american bird also has the Avian Influenza. Even though its not exactly the same as swine flu they are very much alike,and they have the same symptoms. The Avian influenza are routinely detected in wild birds in North American. It occurs from time to time. This virus has been associated with illness and death in humans in mostly Asia, Europe, the Pacific, The east and North America.
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6.Coughing and sneezing was a crime when the flu was around.
There were posters everywhere especially in bathrooms that explain what to do when you sneeze and cough make sure you carry some hand sanitizer around in case if any germs passed around from others.Even when you use the restroom for safety purposes.The bathroom/toilet is a very dirty place.You don't know what kind of germs can be living there.
7.People are finally getting flu shots .Many people didn't even get flu shots because they thought it was a waste.About 18 million doses were wasted in year 2005-2006.
So next time you are sick.Go to your doctor and see what's wrong.Maybe it might be something serious,you never know.Just always carry around hand sanitizer to keep the germs away and get your vaccinations as recommended.
The Influenza virus is a unique respiratory viral disease that can have serious economic and social disruption to society. The virus is airborne transmitted through droplets release by coughing or sneezing from an infected person or by touching infected surfaces. Symptoms range from mild to severe and may even result in death. People with the virus usually experience fever, headache, shivering, muscle pain and cough, which can lead to more severe respiratory illness such as pneumonia. People most susceptible to the flu virus are elderly individuals and young children as well as anyone whose health or immune system has been compromise. The most effective way to counteract the influenza virus is to get the flu vaccine which is available by shots or nasal spray before the flu season as well as practicing safe hygiene. (CDC, 2013)
To get the flu vaccine or not to get the flu vaccine? This is a huge controversial question millions of Americans today ask themselves every year. There are many myths that come along with the topic of the flu vaccine that lead to people questioning the effectiveness of the medication. Safety for our families and loved ones is what we aim to achieve, but what are the pros and cons of this vaccine? What are the consequences and what are myths, but most importantly: what are the reasons we should get it in the first place? In this paper you will learn the many reasons for the flu vaccination and how it affects different populations beginning with children all the way to the elderly population. First of all, what is the flu vaccine and its purpose? According to Wikipedia, The influenza vaccination is an annual vaccination using a vaccine specific for a given year to protect against the highly variable influenza virus. Each influenza vaccine contains antigens representing three (trivalent vaccine) or four (quadrivalent vaccine) influenza virus strains: one influenza type A subtype H1N1 virus strain, one influenza type A subtype H3N2 virus strain, and either one or two influenza type B virus strains. Influenza vaccines may be given as an intramuscular injection, also known as a flu shot, or as a nasal spray.
Influenza, an innocent little virus that annually comes and goes, has always been a part of people’s lives. Knowing this, one would not believe that it has caused not one, not two, but three pandemics and is on its way to causing a fourth! The Spanish flu of 1918, the Asian flu of 1957, and the Hong Kong flu of 1968 each killed millions of people worldwide, causing mass terror. People were mad with fear, and for good reason, as friends, family, neighbors dropped dead like flies. And yet, as soon as the deaths ceased, the forgetfulness set in… until very few know about these pandemics. These pieces of history may have faded from memory, but with the upcoming threat of an avian flu which can jump from human to human, people must learn from the past to combat the future.
Influenza is very contagious and spreads rapidly from person to person. Influenza causes worldwide yearly epidemics. According to World Health organization Influenza affects 5-15% world’s population and resulting in 500,000 deaths yearly. Ottenberg stated that, in United States, an average of 200,000 were hospitalized and 36,000 died each year from influenza complications. Influenza is the sixth leading cause of death among US adults and is related to 1 in 20 death in persons older than 65 years. Disease control and prevention estimates indicate that infections like H1N1 which is one of the types of influenza, have resulted in an estimated 42 to 86 million cases and 8520 to 17620 deaths. As I mentioned earlier that infections like influenza are very contagious, they can spread easily from hcw to Patient and back to hcw. The most efficient and effective method of preventing influenza infection is vaccination(The best way to prevent influenza is with annual vaccination).(Sullivan,2010) (Gregory,Tosh &Jacobson, 2005). Motivated by a desire to actively avoid illness Influenza may increase the risk for death in people with existing heart, lung, or circulation disorders. In fact, the higher than average number of winter deaths in people with heart disease may be due only to the occurrence of influenza during those months.Vaccination provides immunity to fight against infection.To increase resistance to harm by modifying the environment to minimize preventable illness (NEED TO CHANGE WORDING)
If you get the influenza vaccination, you will feel better when the flu season roles around. The flu will affect your family, your children and can do a lot more damage than just cause a small fever and or stomach ache. The worst cases of the flu can result in death. Which is why when advertising campaigns advocate for the flu shot, they will often use families with children as their target audience. But with that being said they will also use teenagers and the elderly to do so as well.
Gardam and Lemieux (2013) state that the effectiveness of the current influenza vaccine has been exaggerated in the medical literature and media. The seasonal flu shot protects against the three or four influenza viruses that researchers indicate will be most common during the upcoming season (CDC, p.1, 2015). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 2013’s vaccine was “only 55% effective against laboratory-confirmed influenza A and 70% effective against influenza B” (Gardam & Lemieux, 2013). Health care providers receiving the flu vaccination does not guarantee that patients may not be affected by different strains. Additionally HCP are not the only individuals who may expose patients to these pathogens, visiting family, and community members can also play a
Swine flu is a disease that has placed a burden on humanity for many years. The virus of swine flu has a very intriguing history as well. Swine flu had originated from the first influenza pandemic in 1918. The actual swine flu virus had come from a pig in Iowa in 1931. Two years later a human strand of swine flu was found in London for the very first time. This was later followed by the Hong Kong flu pandemic in 1968 which had killed up to one million people worldwide. Many years after these pandemics had occurred, the first cases of swine flu were found in California and Texas in March of 2009. This pandemic killed 25,174 people who were infected with swine flu. A couple of months later, the United States and the United Kingdom began testing people for the swine flu and started vaccination programs. Swine flu has had a long history and has taken a large number of lives in the past with worldwide pandemics. As a result, countries like the United States started to take measures toward vaccination. The virus has many different ways of being transmitted, signs and symptoms, areas of the world it infects, and treatment plans.
Currently, one cannot explore the news without coming across the topic of the swine flu, scientifically known as H1N1. Swine flu is a respiratory infection derived from the influenza virus. The virus contains genetic materials from human, swine, and avian flu viruses. It was first identified in spring 2009, and since then has spread rapidly across the globe. The infection’s spread has been verified as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. As soon as the swine flu virus was isolated, scientists quickly developed a swine flu vaccine. Four vaccines have been approved by the FDA for the prevention of the swine flu. The vaccines will be ready for distribution in October 2009. Now the question is: To vaccinate, or not to vaccinate? Millions of people are now preparing to answer this question.
Just like its namesake, Swine Influenza indeed was first discovered as a respiratory illness in pigs caused by influenza A (CDC.gov, 2016). However, variance in one or more genes in the virus, caused the mutation A/New Jersey/76, increasing the zoonotic effects of the virus (CDC.gov, 2016). The potential for humans to become infected now exist briefly perplexing immunologist and epidemiologist in its early stages. Transmission was linked to close respiratory contact with infected swine and or inhaling dust or hay infected with droplets of the
Hospital admissions, and serious cases of the flu have dropped with the increase in flu vaccination coverage. Most websites that cover vaccines are pro-immunization or neutral. Many people did not follow the preventative measures recommended by health officials during the 2009-10 influenza pandemic (Covolo, 2013). This may have been one of the reasons the flu had become such a major problem than anticipated. Most people are in support of vaccinations and as Marie McCormick states in her article titled Off The Cuff: Childhood Vaccinations: Good News/Bad News for Harvard Public
The flu vaccines have been an ongoing controversy for many years. While many people are against getting vaccinated for the contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses, I on the other hand; support the effectiveness of being vaccinated. There’s no doubt that flu precaution shouldn’t be taken seriously, especially during the winter and seasonal changes. Flu can cause mild to severe symptoms and possibly even lead to death. It’s important to understand how the influenza viruses usually spread so that you can help prevent catching the virus. Majority of the time it is spread by microscopic droplets produced by people that are infected with flu when they cough, sneeze or talk. Some typical symptoms when infected may cause you to experience: cough, sore throat, fever, muscle aches, headaches, fatigue, diarrhea, and vomiting. I believe most people especially over the age of 65 and health care providers should get vaccinated against flu because there is enough evidence to support it decreases someone’s risks of catching it. Most studies have shown that people above the age 65 with weaker immune systems are more susceptible to catching the
The Flu was first founded in Seattle September, 1918. The avian flu can also be known as the “Bird Flu”. The bird flu is being passed around by migratory birds. It can be transmitted from birds to mammals and in some limited circumstances to humans. The flu will also be known as the H5N1 virus. The H5N1 virus has raised concerns about a potential human pandemic because its virulent (deadly; extremely dangerous) and it can evolve like other influenza viruses. As many other viruses and illnesses the flu can be a lot more deadlier. When you get the flu the lungs are severely harmed from infected cells called macrophages and T-cells. The virus can spread way beyond the lungs but generally do not. Many people catch the flu and think they have the common cold because of some of the same symptoms. But actually the flu can be more dangerous if you don’t treat it immediately.
The swine influenza or swine flu is a respiratory disease in pigs that is caused by the type A influenza viruses. These viruses are referred to as swine flu viruses but scientifically the main virus is called the swine triple reassortant (tr) H1N1 influenza virus. When the viruses infect humans they are called variant viruses. This infection has been caused in humans mainly by the H1N1v virus in the United States. The H1N1 virus originates in animals due to improper conditions and the food they ingest. The virus stays in latency form, thus harmless to the respective animal. The longer the animals survive the more likely the virus is to develop and strengthen making it immune to vaccines. The virus reproduced through the lytic cycle. The virus injects its own nucleic acids into a host cell and then they form a circle in the center of the cell. Rather than copying its own nucleic acids, the cell will copy the viral acids. The copies of viral acids then organize themselves as viruses inside of the cell. The membrane will eventually split leaving the viruses free to infect other cells.
According to the Swine flu investigation team on April 15 and April 17, 2009, novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus (S-OIV) was isolated from two epidemiologically unlinked patients in the United States. The same strain was identified in other countries such as Mexico and Canada. In the United States 60% of patients were 18 years of age or younger suggesting that the younger population was more susceptible to the transmission of S-OIV or the possibility that the older population had developed a small amount of antibodies from the 1976 swine influenza vaccine (H1N1). 18% of the patients had recently traveled to Mexico, and 16% were identified from school outbreaks. (France, Jackson & Schrag, 2010) The most common presenting symptoms were fever (94% of patients), cough (92%), and sore throat (66%); 25% of patients had diarrhea, and 25% were experiencing emesis. Therefore, the criteria characterizing the S-OIV infection are comparable to the ...
I was a previous healthcare professional and I have seen children and the elderly end up in the intensive care due to the flu. Over the years, there has been a movement of anti-vaccinations that urges the public not to get vaccinated. This has also been a personal issue for my brother. His soon to be ex-wife has decided not to vaccinate their son. This decision has caused more tension in the family because we strongly believe that there is no harm in vaccines.