Throughout human’s short time on earth disease has always had an effect on society. Disease has sculpted superstitions, progressed the need for medicine, and given those who pursue in advancement of health more to wonder about. Different cultures look at disease in different ways but they all ultimately look for a way out or away from it. They all search for some kind of cure. The two most recent outbreaks are what I’d like to shed light to. The zika virus and the H1N1 swine flu virus which have both struck fear into Americans hearts. I am questioning if the two outbreaks are similar and If they should be treated the same way. March 2009 H1N1 swine flu appeared in the united states after being reported in other places around the globe. Although,
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The next year the same virus was found in an African mosquito. This mosquito was also found in the Zika forest. Twenty years later the disease shows up again, this time in Nigeria. This time it was humans who were affected. It was concluded, after familiar outcomes from other studies done, that the virus is just regular for certain parts of Africa and Asia. Only in the last decade has the zika virus past its ordinary locational boundaries on the globe to more highly populated places. There are quite a few places where the H1N1 swine flu virus and the Zika virus compare to one another. You don’t have to have contact with an infected pig, in the case of the H1N1 swine flu virus, or mosquitos, in the case of the Zika virus, to receive it They both appear to be discovered in the first half of the twentieth century. This making them relatively new to the medical world, but at the same time the medical world has bit of experience with the two viruses. They are both rare diseases. They both originate from organisms outside of the human race. They both require medical diagnosis. They have similar symptoms. Some of the symptoms they share are fever, emesis, muscle pain and headache. The treatment of both …show more content…
This includes vaginal, anal, and oral sex. Then there are also the infected mosquitos that can give the virus to humans. The H1N1 swine flu virus is preventable by vaccine, but there is no vaccine yet for the Zika virus. You would think there would be a vaccine for both since they have been known of for decades now, but no only Zika is still absent of a vaccination. There are symptoms that come along with the Zika virus that weren’t active with the H1N1 swine flu virus. These include red eye, joint pain, and rashes. This applies vice versa as the Zika virus did not include the symptoms that the H1N1 swine flu virus had such as, diarrhea, shortness of breath, and sore throat. Lastly the rareness of the diseases does vary even though they are both fairly rare. There are fewer than 200,000 cases of H1N1 swine flu virus in the united states per year. While there are fewer than 1,000 cases of the Zika virus in the united states per year. So, it is obvious that you have a way higher chance of contracting the H1N1 swine flu virus than the Zika virus. In conclusion after comparing and contrasting the H1N1 swine flu virus and the Zika virus I do believe they are similar more than they are
The next year the same virus was found in an African mosquito. This mosquito was also found in the Zika forest. Twenty years later the disease shows up again, this time in Nigeria. This time it was humans who were affected. It was concluded, after familiar outcomes from other studies done, that the virus is just regular for certain parts of Africa and Asia. Only in the last decade has the zika virus past its ordinary locational boundaries on the globe to more highly populated places. There are quite a few places where the H1N1 swine flu virus and the Zika virus compare to one another. You don’t have to have contact with an infected pig, in the case of the H1N1 swine flu virus, or mosquitos, in the case of the Zika virus, to receive it They both appear to be discovered in the first half of the twentieth century. This making them relatively new to the medical world, but at the same time the medical world has bit of experience with the two viruses. They are both rare diseases. They both originate from organisms outside of the human race. They both require medical diagnosis. They have similar symptoms. Some of the symptoms they share are fever, emesis, muscle pain and headache. The treatment of both …show more content…
This includes vaginal, anal, and oral sex. Then there are also the infected mosquitos that can give the virus to humans. The H1N1 swine flu virus is preventable by vaccine, but there is no vaccine yet for the Zika virus. You would think there would be a vaccine for both since they have been known of for decades now, but no only Zika is still absent of a vaccination. There are symptoms that come along with the Zika virus that weren’t active with the H1N1 swine flu virus. These include red eye, joint pain, and rashes. This applies vice versa as the Zika virus did not include the symptoms that the H1N1 swine flu virus had such as, diarrhea, shortness of breath, and sore throat. Lastly the rareness of the diseases does vary even though they are both fairly rare. There are fewer than 200,000 cases of H1N1 swine flu virus in the united states per year. While there are fewer than 1,000 cases of the Zika virus in the united states per year. So, it is obvious that you have a way higher chance of contracting the H1N1 swine flu virus than the Zika virus. In conclusion after comparing and contrasting the H1N1 swine flu virus and the Zika virus I do believe they are similar more than they are