2. • Swine flu is also known as H1N1, H1N2, H2N1 and H3N1
• Epidemics of swine flu Were in:1918 and 1968
• The swine flu pandemic was in 2009
• Total swine flu deaths from 2009 pandemic:14,286
• Epidemic meaning: An outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads
rapidly and widely
• Pandemic meaning: Epidemic over a wide geographic area and
affecting a large proportion of the population

3. • Fever, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhoea, runny
nose, coughing and nausea are all symptoms
of swine flu in humans
• Diarrhoea, coughing, sore throat, lack of
appetite, fever, sneezing and weight loss are
the main symptoms of swine flu in pigs

4. • Hand washing can help prevent swine flu
• Farmers should wear face masks and gloves
when dealing with infected animals to prevent
swine flu
• Coughing and sneezing can spread swine flu

5. • If you touch where a person with swine flu
touches, you will most likely pick up the virus
and get the swine flu. That is how it spreads
indirectly. Stay a minimum of six feet away
from someone with a known infection, avoid
close contact from crowded places
• First confirmed case in Spain

6. • The Swiss pharmaceuticals company were the
first to invent a vaccine for swine flu
• Very recent studies during Spring of 2011,
have indicated that the start of this new flu
may have actually been in China and not
Mexico
• (information found on Wikipedia)

7. • Swine flu Song w/ lyrics - YouTube

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