Facts About Influenza
• According to researchers at Harvard University, 20-30% of people with influenza have no symptoms, whereas with Ebola the majority of people experience obvious symptoms.
• In 1918-1919, a flu pandemic occurred, also known as the Spanish flu. About 20-40% of the worldwide population fell ill to this diseases, killing about 50 million people, with about 675,000 deaths occurring in the United States
• In 1957, Asian flu was first discovered in China, and caused about 70,000 deaths is the US
• In 1968 -1969, the Hong Kong Flu (H3N2) was first detected and killed about 34,000 people in the United States.
• Symptoms of Influenza are fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigues, and in some cases vomiting and diarrhea. Only a few
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Most healthy adults can infect others one day before symptoms develop and five to seven days after symptoms appear. Some people, especially young children and people with weakened immune systems, might be contagious for a longer period.
Arguments
• Influenza, in some cases, doesn’t present itself as an easily differentiated virus, rather than just a bad cough, or a runny nose. If you see someone with Ebola, you're not going to want to come in contact with them because you see that something's not right. With influenza, if you see someone coughing, you may just ignore it, and come in contact with them anyway, exposing you directly to their droplets.
• In the most recent outbreak of Ebola in western Africa, Approximately 4,493 people have died according to the WHO in western Africa, whereas about 36,000 die each year of the flu.
• Flu is the worst virus in existence because most illnesses present today, show some form of influenza symptoms, such as HIV, and Ebola.
• There are many types of the flu such as seasonal, avian, swine, and many more, which shows that the flu virus mutates very