Article Review on the Swine Flu
The Swine Flu is a serious infection that has been known to kill people over the world. In the United States alone we, have had our fair cases and scares from this infection. The first report of the swine flu in the United States was in 2009. It is no surprise that ever since then Americans have been afraid because the swine flu has the same symptoms as the original flu. This will be explained what these symptoms are in a moment. What I will also inform everyone about is how long is has been a problem, how it has affected the community and how the community is responding. According to a article written by Liz Szabo from USA Today the H1N1 swine flu started back in 2009 and created a new kind of flu that was never seen by humans before which left all humans vulnerable to this type of infection. The Swine flu as we know it is just like what most people get which is the flu. The symptoms for are normally the symptoms of the typical flu such as fever, body aches, coughing and sneezing, vomiting and diarrhea. In Michigan the first known case was a lady in Livingston County who had came back from a vacation to San
Antonio, Texas. According to Dr. Marcus Zervos "It is an alarming situation. We are very concerned about it in Michigan,( Detroit news, 2009). The problem is that in 2009 there was reported to be around 49 people in the United States that got the swine flu, it may not seem a lot but, it is because these 49 people could have effected more people that show signs of having the swine flu.
It has affected the community because people are now going out and buying supplies that will help protect them from getting this type of infection. There has been 18 more cases in 2011 and out of these cases were three children with mild illnesses. Doctors fear that this is just the beginning, because they believe new strains of flu will arise because of their lethal history. Back in 1918 a new strain of flu killed over
Antonio, Texas. According to Dr. Marcus Zervos "It is an alarming situation. We are very concerned about it in Michigan,( Detroit news, 2009). The problem is that in 2009 there was reported to be around 49 people in the United States that got the swine flu, it may not seem a lot but, it is because these 49 people could have effected more people that show signs of having the swine flu.
It has affected the community because people are now going out and buying supplies that will help protect them from getting this type of infection. There has been 18 more cases in 2011 and out of these cases were three children with mild illnesses. Doctors fear that this is just the beginning, because they believe new strains of flu will arise because of their lethal history. Back in 1918 a new strain of flu killed over
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