Pandemic Flu Threat

There are many threats out there in the world, but one very real and frightening virus known as the GÇ£Pandemic FluGÇ¥ has health officials concerned for the future. The reason it's such a concern for scientists is that the disease spreads very quickly and attacks on a global level. That means if a breakout occurred, the whole world would be affected.

Avian Flu (HSN1) aka GÇ£Bird FluGÇ¥

The biggest Pandemic Flu threat is known as the GÇ£HSN1GÇ¥ virus. This strain of virus is more generally referred to as the GÇ£Avian FluGÇ¥ and the GÇ£Bird FluGÇ¥. This is because this virus is spread by birds. The Avian Flu virus is spread by birds from Eastern Asia and neighboring countries. Although the Avian Flu is most commonly found in birds and mammals, there have been a few documented human victims as well. The human factor keeps scientists tracking this very real threat because it is extremely virulent and it continues to evolve rapidly.

GÇ£The PandemicGÇ¥

In 1918, there were 50 million plus deaths worldwide from a Pandemic Flu outbreak. This is the single greatest influenza outbreak in history! Back in those days, there simply wasn't enough public knowledge about treating influenza early and the great GÇ£PandemicGÇ¥ struck on a global level. Besides the millions of deaths, the economy had collapsed as well. The world was in turmoil. The following year, millions were poured into flu research to prevent this tragedy from ever happening again. Even though there were efforts made for flu relief, America soon forgot about the Pandemic and focused their attention on the current concern: WWI. Although the Pandemic had a greater body count than WWI, the war still made a bigger impact worldwide. Go figure.

The Present & The Future

Scientists now have acquired much more data & information on Influenza treatment. Although they have no idea how to predict the next Pandemic and how serious it could be. Health professionals do agree that more funding for research is always a helpful tool in fighting a possible outbreak.The Pandemic of 1918 was a wake up call for the nation. The fact that so many millions of people died from this outbreak is proof that we should not rest on our laurels when it comes to prevention. Prevention starts at the home and everyone should do their part in keeping themselves safe from an Influenza breakout although there is only so much we, as a society, can do. The rest is up to Mother Nature. Technology and modern Science have helped us to become a safer society in general, but the threat of a Pandemic is everGÇöpresent and one that should be taken very seriously.

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