The 1918 Flu killed between 20-100 million people worldwide. Interestingly, it was a swine flu. The first people were affected in the spring. The virus was latent during the summer and returned with a vengeance in the fall. Are you and your family prepared for a fall flu epidemic? I am almost certain that it WILL return. I would recommend that all families who are interested in protecting themselves invest a small amount of money ($30) in purchasing the Wein ViraMask- The only N99 protection self adhesive mask available.
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WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun, 1st in 41 years By MARIA CHENG and FRANK JORDANS – 6 hours ago GENEVA (AP) — Swine flu is now formally a pandemic, a declaration by U.N. health officials that will speed vaccine production and spur government spending to combat the first global flu epidemic in 41 years. Thursday’s announcement by the World Health Organization doesn’t mean the virus is any more lethal — only that its spread is considered unstoppable. Since it was first detected in late April in Mexico and the United States, swine flu has reached 74 countries, infecting nearly 29,000 people. Most who catch the bug have only mild symptoms and don’t need medical treatment. WHO chief Dr. Margaret Chan made the long-awaited declaration after the U.N. agency held an emergency meeting with flu experts and said she was moving to phase 6 — the agency’s highest alert level — which means a pandemic is under way. “The world is moving into the early days of its first influenza pandemic in the 21st century,” Chan said in Geneva. Dr. Thomas Frieden, the new head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in Atlanta that he does not expect widespread public anxiety in the United States as a result of the declaration, noting it came nearly two months after the virus was identified. For many weeks, U.S. health officials have been treating it as a pandemic, increasing the availability of anti-viral flu medicines and pouring money into a possible vaccination program. And scientists have grown to understand that the virus is generally not much more severe than the seasonal flu….read more here…
