Doctors baffled about why H1N1 targets young, healthy adults

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News that most of the 10 people in Alberta who’ve died from the flu were young, healthy adults has many concerned about who is at risk.

Ed Rybicki‘s insight:

Isn’t that exactly what happened in the pandemic in 2009 – and in 1918?  A disproportionate number of young healthy adults dying, compared to babies and old folk?

I blogged about this during the pandemic (https://rybicki.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/ah1n1-2009-gets-to-parts-the-other-flu-doesnt-reach/) and noted somewhere (that I can’t find) that the death toll was about as high as normal seasonal flu – but WITHOUT people over 50, who seemed to be protected by prior exposure.

This is a nasty virus: if I weren’t protected by prior exposure – being over 50, I would be worried enough to be vaccinated against it specifically.  So should you be!

See on globalnews.ca

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