19 Facts About The Flu That Are Interesting And Terrifying At The Same Time
Nathan Johnson
Published
05/04/2016
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The flu is a constantly evolving virus and we have no cure for it, which makes it extra frightening.
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Lost wages and reduced productivity costs America billions of dollars every year due to cases of the flu. -
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Annually, the flu affects about 20% of Americans. -
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It is estimated that between 3-5 million people get serious cases of the flu every year, and 250,000-500,000 people die from it. -
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During the Spanish Flu, Arizona passed a law that made it illegal for people to shake hands. -
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Scientists believe that flu pandemics occur two or three times each century. -
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Swine flu has been relatively tame, but the last few flu pandemics all started off mild before they became incredibly lethal. -
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The mortality rate of SARS was 9.6%, killing 744 out of the 8,000 known cases. -
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The Spanish Flu killed more Americans in one year than those who died in battle during WWI, WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. -
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The same outbreak killed more people in 24 weeks than AIDS did in 24 years. -
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Flu pandemics are more likely to affect younger, healthy people because their immune systems will overreact to damage going on in the body. -
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At the University of Michigan, students could be suspended for not wearing masks during the Spanish Flu. -
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Viruses mutate more in one day than humans have in millions of years. -
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The Hong Kong flu pandemic of 1968-1969 killed over 1 million people. -
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Viruses are between 20 and 100 times smaller than bacteria and can only be seen through a microscope. -
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Face masks are not believed to be of much help in stopping the spread of the flu. They do not form a tight seal around the face and block only large droplets, not small viruses, from coming into contact with the wearer’s mouth and nose. -
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Air travel has dramatically increased the rate at which flu cases can be spread. -
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Most flu-related deaths are because of bacterial pneumonia, a complication of influenza. -
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The symptoms of the swine flu include fever, coughing, a sore throat, a runny nose, body aches, headaches, chills, nausea, and fatigue. This makes it incredibly hard to distinguish from a regular case of the flu. -
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Pigs are apparently the perfect breeding grounds for new strains of the flu because they can infect three different species: pigs, birds, and humans.
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