Tag: h1n1

A Novel Influenza virus emerged in the spring of 2009 and spread quickly across the United States and the world. This virus contained a unique combination of influenza genes not previously identified in animals or people. This virus was designated as influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus. Ten years later work continues to better understand influenza, prevent disease, and prepare for the next pandemic. Regarding COVID-19, compared to H1N1, it shrinks in comparison with coronavirus as it is only having a mortality rate of about 0.02%. COVID-19 is much higher so far, around 1.5% to 2% (although the number will likely change as more people are tested). Also, it is worth noting that he 2009 flu pandemic primarily affected children and young adults, and 80% of the deaths were in people younger than 65, the CDC reported. That was unusual, considering that most strains of flu viruses, including those that cause seasonal flu, cause the highest percentage of deaths in people ages 65 and older. But in the case of the swine flu, older people seemed to have already built up enough immunity to the group of viruses that H1N1 belongs to, so weren't affected as much.