H1n1 facts
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The 1918 flu pandemic (caused by the H1N1 virus) killed 50 to 100 million people worldwide in under 2 years. It was censored from reporting in Germany, France, the UK and US for wartime morale. Since reporting was widespread and not censored in neutral Spain it became known as the Spanish Flu.
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Influenza virus A (H1N1) was the type responsible for the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 (between 50 and 100 million people died) and the Swine Flu pandemic in 2009 (as many as 579,000 people died).
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50 million people died worldwide from H1N1 in 1918
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The 2009 H1N1 swine flu outbreak killed 200 000 people around the world, 80% of them younger than 65
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Sea otters have joined the ranks of ducks, chickens, pigs, whales, horses and elephant seals—all animals that can contract influenza. According to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, sea otters living in a remote area in Washington state were carriers of the H1N1 virus.
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A variant of H1N1, also known as Swine Flu Outbreak, was also the cause of the deadly Spanish Flu of 1918
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In Swine Flu Outbreak 2009, about 57 million Americans (1 in 5) caught the swine flu virus, H1N1.
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During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, Canadian researchers found that seasonal flu shots from 2008 almost doubled the risk of infection with pandemic flu
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What H1N1 stands for and does: hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, lets flu virus attach to infect and progeny detach to infect more
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Flu designations like H1N1 refer to important molecules on the virus. Hemagglutinin (H) facilitates infection, while viral neuraminidase (N) promotes the release of newly replicated viruses.
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Increased cases of Narcolepsy were linked to the H1N1 “swine flu” vaccination in Scandinavian and other European countries.
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the Pandemic Drive Through was invented by Dr. Eric Weiss in 2009 and tested at Stanford Hospital in response to the H1N1 (Swine Flu).
The flu vaccine that was used in Europe during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic has been linked to rising cases of narcolepsy - source
