What is the Swine Flu?

Okay, you know everyone is concerned about the swine flu becoming a pandemic - but just what is the swine flu and how did it become a pandemic so fast?

To understand this, we need to know what the influenza is. The influenza virus which causes all influenza illnesses in humans, can be fought by the body with relevant antibodies. However, the antibodies need to know what they are fighting against - the very reason we have something called "vaccination". By injecting a small amount of the virus in your body, you can help your body build the antibodies needed to fight off the virus you have introduced.

But the influenza virus constantly changes form via different strains. Most of the time the changes are minor, and the antibodies created to fight off the original virus are still effective against the slightly modified virus.

However, every ten years or so, the virus undergoes a major change which makes your antibodies obsolete and makes your body effectively helpless - by the time your body is able to build the necessary antibodies, the virus could have already spread to every inch of your body, and after that you are helpless.

The H1N1 strain of the influenza virus is just that - it's a major change that caught us with "our pants down". Our bodies are unable to produce the necessary antibodies in time and we're caught offguard - and the virus is spreading incredibly fast.

There's no question you have to protect yourself from the deadly H1N1 strain. We will cover everything you need to protect yourself in this blog. However, you probably should get one of those from Amazon: Respirators Surgical, SWINE FLU & Dust Mask, 10/ pack.

Because the virus is now classified as a pandemic, you can contact anyone you know that bears the virus at any moment, and at those moments it's greatly important that you cover yourself with something. Those surgical respirators provide excellent cover for your mouth and nose - the place you can get the virus from.