About pig's influenza, five things which you need to know

About pig's influenza, five things which you need to know
Though some scientists say that has already inhibited H1N1 virus effectively so far, the hygiene officers from all parts of the world are attempting to take the precautionary measures now. And what should we do?


It is reported, all someone has been infected with pig's influenza in France, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Canada and Spain. Already more than 80 people have been thought to die of pig's influenza in serious Mexico to suffer from disaster, the hygiene officers of the American federal government announce the emergency of public health, planning to distribute the antiviral medicine of dosage 50 million, the territory Ministry of State Security will begin to go on to any passenger who enters U.S.A. too " the passive form will be monitored " . Any suspected case should be all checked, if find that falling ill will isolate. Some governments have adopted still more extreme action. In Hong Kong, local officers urge residents to try hard to avoid going to Mexico, over 38 person or people who have been to the epidemic-stricken area in last 7 days will be limited by some actions in the hospital.

Though some scientists say that has already inhibited H1N1 virus effectively so far, the hygiene officers from all parts of the world are attempting to take the precautionary measures now. And what should we do?

1.How serious is present influenza of pig?

Influenza virus is making a variation constantly so our immune system can't be fully effective resists it, certainly, our immune system will make the corresponding response too, in case that the virus seizes our life. , very fast, when new influenza take place, little mankind have immunity to this virus perhaps because of the intersection of virus and change of structure, continue the virus and spread in all parts of the world. For example, all happened in two slight world influenzas in 1957 and 1968 and prevailed big, and the 1918 one " Spain's influenza " Still lead to the fact about 40 to 500,000 people die. In 2003, H5N1 bird flu virus caused 257 people death too, fortunately the spread among human of this virus was indifferent.

In order to assess the prevailing situation of infectious disease accurately, the health organ of the United Nations divides the prevalence of infectious disease into 6 stages, present influenza of pig is only at the third stage. When World Health Organization announces it enters the 4th stage, this means a new virus begins to travel fast between people and people, large-scale infectious disease will break out.


Several period of stage when influenza is large prevail divide into,at table is that WHO and the stages of our country divide by situation. H1N1 -type influenza virus has already been confirmed as a kind of new virus, and in Mexico's already large-scale outburst, having found the case in U.S.A., Canada and other countries, this has seemed to already reach the fourth stage of epidemic disease, though relevant medical and health experts have already consulted this promptly on April 25, but World Health Organization has not propagated pig's influenza formally have entered the fourth stage. The officers KeijiFukuda of World Health Organization express the expert panel on Sunday " The time of more materials and a little of thinking studies " ,Though pig influenza virus develop rapidly, the intersection of hope and based on reliable laboratory report decision their of World Health Organization.

2.If pig's influenza is declared as the great outburst of world epidemic disease, what consequences will there?

If pig influenza competent to enter fourth stage, this mean international community cooperate in, take very severe measure come, control their prevailing, not only these measures bring to society panically, the more important thing is to influence the economic development of the world seriously, so there is political consideration besides considering scientifically in the declaration of World Health Organization. So announce it is not an unimportant decision that pig's influenza enters the fourth stage, to WHO, traffic to blockade the epidemic-stricken area in order to isolate the virus this. But if pig's influenza has already broken out in Mexico on a large scale, the international community has been already unable to prevent the virus within the national boundaries of Mexico, this has seemed to already miss the best opportunity.


In order to avoid being infected with to influenza, the residents in Mexico have worn the gauze mask. 3.The epidemic situation of Mexico is very serious, and why do the other countries include the American situation adjacent to it is very light?

This is that one make the officers of Geneva and Washington feel puzzled problem. In Mexico, pig's influenza has already caused a large number of patients to suffer from serious respiratory disease, have even deprived some healthy adults of lives. But the epidemic situation is very slight in U.S.A., even might not be paid attention to by everybody.

The reason may be that pig's influenza is longer than that of the other countries in time when Mexico spreads. But how really it will be really serious the intersection of pig and influenza virus still undecided problem, its answer may change with time. Spain large to prevail at the beginning quite gentle influenza have 1918, but virus toss about in bed in the odd months making a variation into a kind of more fatal form. Perhaps pig's influenza has situation similar to this to take place too.

4.Which has international community already made to plan to deal with pig's influenza?

The world today should well be great to influenza at any time than in the past to prevail. In order to deal with H5N1 bird flu virus, World Health Organization has stored the antiviral medicine of millions of dosage with the countries all over the world, can help people to prevent and cure pig's influenza and other influenza, a lot of countries have emergency preplan of dealing with public health. While dealing with SARS and bird flu, a lot of experiences that the hygiene officers of the international organization summarize can contribute too. In addition, comparing in the past, we can find out the new virus faster, we had already developed a series of technology and antiviral medicine to save life out, this one that did not have in 1918.

And globalization causes popular risk of virus greater at the same time, it means the virus may spread to all parts of the world rapidly that globalized international aviation travels. Though World Health Organization can make a new vaccine scheme of influenza of pig within quite short time, but we need, take long course to produce effective vaccine decades still.

In fact, the greatest risk does not come from pig's influenza virus, but it " damages by the way " . This kind is " damaged by the way " Come from the governments of various countries and control the measure for the border that should set up to pig's influenza, these control measure, certainly will destroy free trade of world, this will give global economy disasters pile up on one another in not failing not merely, and the intersection of we and supermarket, for reduce, waste and raise profit, it depend on necessaries for life of international trade keep in as low as possible competence, this means our storage without a large number of of necessary for life, supplying the shortage of food, medicines in the chain,etc. will bring and endanger potentially too.

Moderate breeze prewarning of Ministry of Public Health of our country. 5.What kind of psychology should we keep?

Though pig's influenza situation is serious, the international community has taken the numerous precautionary measures accordingly. Pig's influenza has not caused too serious influence yet outside Mexico. SARS was different while breaking out with 2003 this time, faced a brand-new virus at that time, everybody does not have precautionary measures and cause globally and panically.

Run into influenza people so as to how about protect oneself? That want to do is to pay attention to the hygiene, such as often washing hands, wear the gauze mask, is far away from the public place and avoid travelling, epidemic disease not really fatal is panic will only run counter to desire, it makes the state more complicated to close the international boundary. But the outburst of epidemic disease is unpredictable each time, and have the mutations of a lot of pig influenza viruses, we should not underestimate the true situation either, let alone adopt a casual attitude. This will be of marathon, it is not a dash. (The source of this text: Yeah explores)

About pig's influenza, five things which you need to know