This new "swine flu" passes easily from human to human (not from pig to human). Vaccinations work by introducing a weakened or dead strain of the virus into the body. The body builds up an immunity to the weakened or dead virus. When the full strength live virus tries to invade the body the body can fight back with the previously produced antibodies.
Antibiotics are only useful for secondary bacterial infections. They have no effect on viral infections. None at all. Nada. Nothing. Don't think taking a series of antibiotics will prevent or treat swine flu, or any other virus for that matter.
While influenza is normally not a serious health risk there have been epidemics that have had fatal and far reaching effects. The influenza pandemic of 1917 - 1920 killed more people than the black plague, estimates range from 20 million to 50 million. Pandemic means that the disease has a wide geographic distribution. Most influenza viruses are air borne within a limited 6 foot range, which means you do not need to physically come in contact with an infected person to be infected yourself.
The very first documented case of (N1H1) Swine Flu is of a 5 year old boy in Mexico in early April. The boy lived in a small village of 3000 people in La Gloria in the state of Veracruz. Flu outbreak was reported in the village. Only the boy tested positive for swine flu. The village was next to a pig farm owned by the U.S. company Smithfield Foods. None of the pigs tested positive for swine flu or exhibited swine flu symptoms.
A new influenza strain can be dangerous if it spreads quickly and mutates as it goes. The body has no chance to build up an immunity and the medical community hasn't time to develop a vaccine. Since the first case was reported April 2 the (H1N1) Swine Flu has spread to 4 continents and 11 countries in a little more than 4 weeks. That rate of infection is potentially dangerous. Keep in mind that while there may be less than 1000 cases officially documented there could be 100 times that many people actually infected. There is no regulation or law that says a person must see a doctor if they have flu symptoms or that the doctor must test for the flu. Many cases go unreported.
Previous flu viruses have an average infection rate of one person infecting two other people. Doesn't sound like much does it? Look at it this way: if each person infects two other people within a 48 hour period (average length of time to become infected) by the end of 30 days that one person will have caused the infection of over 130,000 others. Within 45 days the rate accelerates and nearly 17 million people will have become infected. A flu outbreak can quickly reach massive proportions.
This is not medical advice. If you think you have (N1H1) Swine Flu or any other medical condition, please see your health professional.
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Free report on Swine Flu Treatment What You Need To Know. Dee Power is the author of several nonfiction books and the novel Over Time" about Green Bay Football Money, love and football: All the important things in life.
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