Swine Flu

by Rob Stemple IF i have a weak immune system due to chrons disease am i at higher risk of getting the swine flu? Snap017 If exposed to an infected person, yes, but otherwise, you are at no higher risk than a normally healthy person. Although if you are exposed to an infected person, and contract Swine Flu, DO NOT HESITATE. It has been confirmed to be MUCH more life threatening in people with weak immune system s than the healthy. (which is sort of common sense, I guess…BUT STILL...Read Full Story

Sun, Feb 12 2012 17:09 IST | 16 Views | Add your comment SHARE: Eighty-one people have so far died of swine flu in Mexico this year, while at least 3,522 have been infected with the virus, health officials said. From Jan 1 till Feb 9, there have been 3,882 confirmed flu cases, the health secretariat said in a statement. Three seasonal viruses are currently active in Mexico -- AH1N1, AH3N2 and influenza B. The AH1N1 -- or swine flu -- has been the predominant one, with 91...Read Full Story

It was just about three years ago that a strange new strain of flu first appeared in Mexico, then spread across the border to the United States and eventually much of the globe. The H1N1 “swine” flu strain didn’t behave like a “normal” flu, because it proved particularly dangerous to children and younger adults—the very groups of people who usually have the strongest defenses against seasonal flu. After a quiet couple of years, more cases of the pandemic H1N1 flu are circulating again...Read Full Story

by CitySkylineSouvenir Does everyone else feel that the swine flu vaccine is unsafe, and that people are retards for accepting it? I have been performing a good deal of research about the safety of the H1N1 vaccine. Tons of additionnel are becoming added to it to make it last more time such as squalene, thimerosal, and live attenuated swine , avian, and human flu strains. The us govt has laws to enforce martial regulation/pressured vaccinations… Does any person else believe it’s weird that...Read Full Story

by LucasTheExperience What is the differences between swine and season flu? Influenza A virus strains are categorized according to two proteins found on the surface of the virus: hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N). All influenza A viruses contain hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, but the structures of these proteins differ from strain to strain, due to rapid genetic mutation in the viral genome. Influenza A virus strains are assigned an H number and an N number based on which forms...Read Full Story