Dr. Kiki's Science Hour 1
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Guest: Bill Keene Guests: Scott Sigler Topic: Swine Flu |
Dr. Kiki's Science Hour: Swine Flu
- 5% - 20% Get sick every year from Flu
- 39,000 of these die (0.01%)
- In the past when there was limited transportation Flu spread quickly
- The WHO has increased there level to 5
- You can get it by being in contact with someone who has it
- The steps in getting to humans are:
- It transferred from Pig to human
- It then transfers from human to human
- Every new virus particle may have a new mutation
- A pig was probably super infected by avian flu
- This virus is not resistant to Tami Flu
- Its OK to eat pork
- Infections in hospitals are generally really resistant due to being in such a clean envrioment
- The 1918 outbreak mainly killed young people
- This may have been due to a cytokine storm
