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The last 4 pandemics that hit the world

Pandemic Concept Example Reflection

In the abbreviated name, "CO" • Respiratory • Stay away from sick


stands for "corona", "VI" for "virus" symptoms (similar to people
and "D" for "disease" ("disease"). those of a cold) • Do not touch your
COVID-19 is a new disease • Fever (high face (mouth, nose or
Covid-19 discovered in 2019, caused by a temperature) eyes)
new coronavirus that had not been •Dry cough • Maintain a minimum
seen before in humans. • Shortness of breath distance of one meter
or tiredness from other people.
• Breathing difficulties (Social distancing)

This virus is a combination of pig, In Venezuela, The best way to protect


bird and human viruses that according to official yourself against the flu
makes humans sick. During the figures, 116 people is to get vaccinated.
2009-2010 flu season, the H1N1 have died from Take care of yourself
strain caused a respiratory influenza AH1N1. And this winter season.
Influenza infection in humans, commonly although the Capital Influenza is normally
A (H1N1) – 2009 referred to as swine flu. District is the region transmitted from
with the most cases of person to person, and
sick people, Zulia is the because transmission
state with the highest usually occurs when
number of deaths. the infected person
does not even know
they have the virus,
prevention is not easy

HIV (human immunodeficiency More than a million The majority of HIV


virus) is a virus that attacks the people in the United infections around the
body's immune system. If left States are living with world occur through
untreated, it can cause AIDS HIV infection, and sexual intercourse
(acquired immune deficiency about 500,000 are between uninfected
syndrome). There is currently no living with AIDS. people with infected
effective cure. Once you get HIV, Women account for people. Therefore, not
VIH / Sida – 1980 you have it for life. about 1 in 4 cases of having unprotected sex
people infected with with infected people
HIV in the United can prevent most HIV
States. Each year, infections.
about 50,000 people
become infected with
HIV in this country.
The 1957-1958 flu pandemic, also The pandemic The estimated number of
known as the Asian flu, was an especially affected deaths was around one
influenza pandemic caused by an children, million one hundred
outbreak of Influenza virus A schoolchildren, thousand people
Gripe asiática y de H2N2 that started in China. It had adolescents and young worldwide, 116,000 of
Hong Kong – 1957-58 a high mortality, with estimates of adults, coinciding with them in the United
y 1968 around 1–4 million people dying the clustering effect of States. Medical advances
from the pandemic, making it one the school stage after
made it possible to more
of the deadliest pandemics in that first summer.
quickly identify the
history.
pandemic and prevent it
from reaching the fatality
of the famous 1918 flu,
which affected 40% of
the world's population.

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