Whats the difference between Swine Flu and other types of influenza?
from what i understand, the swine flu and the flu that we are used to are very very similar, so one is not technically more dangerous then another. the difference is our body’s response to swine flu vs the flues that our body’s have been exposed to. each strain of flu virus, no matter how similar requires our body’s to respond and recognzie it. Even if you have never actually gotten sick with the flu (and many people havent ever actually gotten true influenza) you, most likely have some type of immunity (recognition). This may be from birth and/or breast feeding(mother’s immunity), a previous flue shot, contacting the virus in small amounts, etc. Recognition of a virus (or bacteria) is the intent of vaccines, giving a small amount of weak virus/bacteria or toxins or other various live or dead components allows the body to recognize it and therefore form a response to it. The problem with a ‘new’ virus is that our bodies have no clue how to respond to it or fight it off. If the first ex
