Did the seasonal flu Start with the Spanish flu?
Did the seasonal flu Start with the Spanish flu?
The 1918 Spanish flu was the first of three flu pandemics caused by H1N1 influenza A virus; the most recent one was the 2009 swine flu pandemic….
| Spanish flu | |
|---|---|
| Disease | Influenza |
| Virus strain | Strains of A/H1N1 |
| Location | Worldwide |
| First outbreak | Unknown (first observed in the U.S.) |
What was the earliest form of the flu to cause a pandemic?
It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918.
When did the H1N1 flu start?
| 2009 swine flu pandemic | |
|---|---|
| First outbreak | North America |
| Index case | Veracruz, Mexico |
| Arrival date | September 2008 |
| Date | January 2009 – 10 August 2010 |
Do pandemics go away?
The truth of the matter is that pandemics always end. And to date vaccines have never played a significant role in ending them. (That doesn’t mean vaccines aren’t playing a critical role this time. Far fewer people will die from Covid-19 because of them.)
When did pandemics start in America?
| COVID-19 pandemic in the United States | |
|---|---|
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Chicago, Illinois (earliest known arrival) Everett, Washington (first case report) |
| Arrival date | January 13, 2020 (1 year, 11 months, 1 week and 6 days ago) |
| Confirmed cases | 51,966,735 |
Will Vaccine end the pandemic?
“The short answer is yes,” says Saju Mathew, M.D., a Piedmont primary care physician. “The long answer is that unless 85\% of Americans get the vaccine, we are not even going to get close to ending the pandemic.”
Can you be immune to Covid naturally?
New studies show that natural immunity to the coronavirus weakens (wanes) over time, and does so faster than immunity provided by COVID-19 vaccination.