the swine flu pandemic killed a large number of healthy young people

The World Health Organization has been getting quite a bit of flak recently as people are claiming that the H1N1 swine influenza pandemic was overhyped by them and that pressure was put on them by pharmaceutical companies so that they could sell medications like Tamiflu and Relenza as well as produce swine influenza vaccines.

Well at Ukmedix News we believe that people should remember that the swine flu pandemic killed a large number of healthy young people with no other medical complications.  Normal influenza never does this and autopsies have shown how bad the swine flu virus is in that it completely destroyed lung tissue in healthy men and women.

The fact that it did not end up killing millions of people was partly due to pandemic preparedness plans issued by governments and also to a certain amount of luck that the virus did not mutate into a more dangerous form. As we have often explain at Ukmedix News influenza viruses are always changing and mutating into different forms some of which are completely harmless to humans but some of which can be deadly and life threatening.

One influenza virus which many people have forgotten about is the H5N1 bird flu virus which has killed over 50 percent of those people who contracted it. Luckily for humanity this virus is not as contagious as the less deadly H1N1 swine influenza virus but it were somehow to become more contagious the world would face a serious threat and millions of people could die before a vaccine would become available.

You should also remember that the virus nicknamed the Spanish flu killed more people than the First and Second World War put together! If that doesn’t convince you of the dangers of influenza viruses then nothing will.