Swine Flu

These past two weeks people have heard about the new infection that may soon be all over the US: Swine Flu. Swine flu is a type A influenza type bacteria. There are vaccinations for the swine flu, just like how there is for influenza. The swine flu is said to have been caused by orthomyxovirus which is said to have been the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic. Some say that is had been spread from pigs. You may think that if it was transmitted from pigs, what about meat? Meat is still safe to eat, you just need to take extra precaution around the food supplier, the pig that is.

Just in the US, there have been 93 confirmed cases of the swine flu. These are the only states so far that have the virus and how many cases they have, Arizona 1, California 14, Indiana 1, Kansas 2, Massachusetts 2, Michigan 2, Nevada 1, New York City 51, Ohio 1, South Dakota 2, Texas 16, Texas had also lost one person to this virus.

You need to wash your hands everyday and keep your health good, get checked if you don’t feel good, and try to stay clean. If you feel sick you need to stay home and especially if you catch this virus you really need to stay home to reduce the chance of passing it on. You would need to cover your mouth and nose, avoid touching your eyes and mouth, and just practice other good health tricks. You can’t really hide from the swine flu, but if you want to make sure you are not going to get it, you can buy a face mask. Although this does not guarantee anything, you do have a high chance of catching this flu, because it is passed through the air. So make sure if you don’t feel good or even if you want to make sure, get checked, and be clean.