The APHA Get Ready campaign stands apart from national, state and local public health efforts because it is centered on helping individuals, families and communities prepare themselves. Most other efforts that are being conducted on pandemic flu preparing involve sectors — such as businesses, government or hospitals — doing what they need to get themselves ready.

Flu that spreads rapidly causing widespread epidemics around the world. Pandemic influenza occurs when a new, highly infectious and dangerous strain of the influenza virus appears. In contrast to the 'ordinary' or 'seasonal', flu outbreaks which we see every winter, flu pandemics occur infrequently ? usually every few decades. There were three in the last century. The most serious was in 1918, killing millions of people worldwide. Smaller pandemics happened in 1957 and 1968.

Anyone could get sick from pandemic flu. This is a new virus, to which no one is immune. However, about half of those who are infected can expect to have no symptoms ? called asymptomatic infection.

The main differences between ordinary Flu and a Flu pandemic are the severity and predictability of the two strains. Ordinary Flu occurs every year, roughly during the same time. It is also fairly predictable, allowing time for new vaccines to be produced each year. A Flu pandemic Flu is highly unpredictable. There is no way of knowing when or how the Flu virus will mutate. Thus, it is impossible to develop a vaccine to fight the mutated strain until it appears and is thoroughly analyzed.

Ordinary flu is the flu that circulates in the human population al the time and produces the winter flu we see every year. Ordinary flu viruses are monitored closely. The strains likely to be circulating each year can be fairly reliably predicted so that appropriate vaccines can be prepared each year. Pandemic flu is caused by a new or novel strain of influenza virus.

Regardless of how much coverage the avian threat is receiving in the media, most people are reluctant to act. Perhaps if they don't acknowledge the danger they think it will somehow go away. Or maybe they think the government will look after the situation. Desperate, panic stricken people are arguably even dangerous than the virus. The more people surrounding you who are prepared for the pandemic, the safer you will be.

No. An influenza virus that is new, or one that hasn't been around for many years causes a pandemic. The type of flu we have each season will vary, but these strains have been around and our bodies are more able to cope with them. Seasonal flu bugs cannot cause a pandemic.

To put it simply, avian flu affects birds, and a pandemic flu would affect people. It is a bit more complicated than that, but the important thing to know is that just because birds are sick doesn't mean there is a health risk to humans. It is very likely that wild birds in San Juan County will be infected with avian flu someday. It is much more uncertain as to whether the avian flu virus will mutate to where it can easily spread from person to person and become a pandemic flu strain.

Seasonal (or common) flu is a respiratory illness that can be transmitted person to person. Most people have some immunity, and a vaccine is available. Avian (or bird) flu is caused by influenza viruses that occur naturally among wild birds. The H5N1 variant is deadly to domestic fowl and can be transmitted from birds to humans. There is no human immunity and no vaccine is available. Pandemic flu is virulent human flu that causes a global outbreak, or pandemic, of serious illness.

No. Pandemic flu is a global outbreak of human disease. It is caused by a new influenza virus that is unlike any previous flu, so people will not have any natural immunity to it. The lack of immunity means that a pandemic flu can pass readily from person to person, creating widespread illness. Currently, there is no pandemic flu circulating.

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A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza A virus emerges for which there is little or no immunity in the human population, begins to cause serious illness and then spreads easily person-to-person worldwide.

Yes, Delaware has a Pandemic Influenza Plan and DPH is moving forward to evaluate it. We will keep revising and adding to it, to improve it in every way possible. While the plan outlines roles and procedures, it leaves room for us to make choices based on medical assessment and findings of health investigations.

An influenza pandemic is usually very different fromseasonal influenza. It causes more severe illness and affects more people. Itis expected that during a pandemic of influenza 25% of the population could fallill (compared with up to 10% in a normal winter) and that the illness will bemore serious. In the space of a few months, the pandemic could lead to several milliondeaths worldwide.

Currently, there is no pandemic flu. However, they have occurred naturally throughout history. In the past 100 years, there have been three: quot;Spanish flu": infected 20% of the world population. Ohio reported 1,113,797 cases and 8,602 deaths. quot;Asian flu": One or more outbreaks were reported in 71 of Ohio’s 88 counties with deaths in 63 counties. A flu vaccine was developed in 1957 to contain the outbreak. Pandemics are largely unpredictable.

Federal, State, and local health agencies are making plans to prepare for, respond to, and contain an outbreak of pandemic flu.