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STANDARD: National Health Education Standards (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
In this article, students will learn about:
• The resurgence of swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus.
• Why people in some parts of the country seem to be immune.
• The new swine flu vaccine.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Will the swine flu vaccine prevent spread of the disease?TALKING POINTS:
• What is H1N1 flu, or swine flu?
• Who is most at risk of getting the swine flu?
• How will the vaccine affect how many people get sick?
PRE-READING:
Ask students to define the words vaccine and immunity, and then to identify some illnesses against which people are vaccinated. (diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, hepatitis, measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox) Discuss why people get vaccines.DURING READING:
Discuss what might be causing the resurgence of the H1N1 virus. Discuss why some parts of the country are being affected more than others. Identify the groups of people who have a higher risk of contracting the virus. How has the government responded to the current outbreak?AFTER READING:
Have students identify ways to reduce the risk of getting swine flu.
ANSWERS TO READERS RESPOND
1. What are some ways that H1N1 is different from seasonal flu? The first outbreak of H1N1 was in the springtime. The seasonal flu usually breaks out in the fall and winter. H1N1 affects different groups of people than does the seasonal flu. Also, H1N1 is a new strain of flu that people have not seen before.
2. Explain why the H1N1 flu is also called “swine flu.” Until recently, the H1N1 virus normally affected only pigs; therefore, the illness it causes was nicknamed “swine flu.”
3. Describe how a vaccine helps prevent the spread of a disease. A vaccine is a weakened form of a virus or bacteria that causes a specific illness. The vaccine enables the body to produce antibodies that can fight off the disease. With fewer people susceptible to the disease due to having been vaccinated, it will not spread as broadly.
kimtaylor
23 days ago
258 comments
The swine flu vaccine causes nerve disease. Already 25 deaths related to the swine flu vaccine, with the number expecting to explode with age. Plus the swine flu is not anymore deadly for US citizens than the other strains of flu despite what is contantly said. And of course for those that doubt everything here's some reading material to back swine flu vaccine causes deadly nerve disease.
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