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[DOC File]1918 Pandemic Influenza in Maine
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118* Why do US pandemic planning scenarios, which estimate between 89,000 and 207,000 deaths from a flu pandemic, rely on “best-case” assumptions about the likely outcome, when the 1918 pandemic killed about 500,000 in a much smaller population, and the bird flu virus appears (so far) …
[DOC File]Pandemic flu links for news & background info
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The pandemic of Spanish influenza in 1918 caused at least an estimated 50 million deaths worldwide and likely more. The pandemics in 1957 and 1968 were of lesser severity. The first pandemic of the 21st Century occurred in 2009 with the H1N1 virus and the first influenza virus was isolated in the laboratory in 1933.
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, already resulting in the deaths of 150 million birds (directly or through preventive culling) in five Asian countries. Vietnam is the epicenter, where probable human-to-human transmission has been reported. The 1918 pandemic killed approximately 25-30% of the population. Mortality occurs in about 25-55% of those infected.
[DOC File]CDC – Phase 6 Talking Points
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The best known types of pandemics are influenza pandemics. These have been some of the deadliest plagues in history. It is estimated that, worldwide, the 1918 flu pandemic killed over 50,000,000 people. The latest example of this is the H1N1 “Swine Flu”. This flu strain is a recombination of swine, human and bird flu genes.
The Influenza Epidemic of 1918
Virtually all of the deaths among American sailors in WWI were from influenza – 5,000 of them. In 1 ½ years of war, nearly 18 as many Americans died from the epidemic than from the war. 1918 Pandemic - Worldwide Impact. The pandemic killed 50-100 million. It killed 5-10% of the world’s young adults
[DOC File]The Economic Impact of Pandemic Influenza in the United ...
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The 1918 pandemic killed tens of millions of people. The 1957 pandemic is thought to have resulted in at least 70,000 deaths in the United States. Deaths from the 1968-69 pandemic were about the same as for seasonal influenza. This pandemic certainly poses the potential to be at least as serious as seasonal flu, if not more so.
[DOC File]Pandemic Influenza
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In addition, the groups at high risk are likely to incur a disproportionate number of deaths; 50% or more of the deaths will likely occur among persons age 65 years and older, a distribution also found in the influenza pandemics of 1918, 1957, and 1968. Our results illustrate that the greatest economic cost is due to death.
[DOC File]Avian Influenza - FEMA
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The overarching lesson learned from the 1918 flu epidemic, which killed more than a half million Americans, is that infected employees should stay home, said Chu, who noted that convincing people to remain home during work likely would be the most difficult challenge.
VOLCANIC HAZARD - Pierce County, WA
Influenza pandemics are worldwide epidemics caused by new flu viruses which evolve from birds or animals to allow sustained person-to-person respiratory transmission. Since the 16th century, there has been an average of about three flu pandemics per century. While the 1918 pandemic is …
[DOC File]August 31, 2007 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education ...
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Those already infected with the flu - As we learned with the 1918 flu pandemic, flu patients are extremely susceptible to secondary bacterial infections, and we will need to have antibiotics on hand. Other patients with chronic illnesses and other medical needs – Other medications need to …
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