Swine Flu

When you think of the beginning of the school year colds you usually think of maybe a runny nose or at worst strep throat. This won’t be the case for much longer. With the swine flu epidemic spreading across the United States and other countries like wild fire Many schools in the western and southern parts of the U.S. are closing their doors. Yes it’s true the outbreak has begun.
The problem with swine flu is that it can “turn from mild to critical extremely rapidly,” (McMaster 1). This means that most of the people who get the H1N1 virus will need it treated very soon if they wish to keep it under control. What will hospitals do once they can provide no more room or treatment to those who have the swine flu but haven’t received any medical help? This could potentially in the same ballpark as the 1918 flu pandemic that killed millions. Another striking similarity that the swine flu bears to the 1918 flu is that it targets those who are not young or old but healthy and usually unaffected y most common diseases.
Were everyone to get a dose of the vaccine this problem may be solved. However, those unaware of where to get the vaccine or those who blow it off as just another seasonal cold may help make it more widespread than it already is. If the vaccine were distributed more better than perhaps the U.S. would have a chance of averting this crisis. But t seems like the government or media hasn’t made it well known where to get one.
One way to combat this issue would be t quarantine anyone who got it. I don’t mean a harsh or cruel quarantine, not like prison camps or anything, but anyone who does have the virus should definitely be kept alone with very minimal physical contact with other humans. Maybe a bubble or something like that would work.
Swine flu is spreading and won’t stop unless someone stands up against it and tries to combat it’s deadly blows against the U.S. If allowed to spread the disease could cause the entire infrastructure to collapse around us.
The worlds strongest and most powerful leaders need to discuss what to do about the swine flu and take action instead of just shrugging it off as another small problem. It won’t be worth having any health care reform if no one is around to take advantage of it.



http://www.newser.com/story/71497/swine-flu-turns-critical-with-deadly-speed-taxing-icus.html