2009 flu pandemic

With more attractive remunerations offered by big companies, drivers tend to bite the bait. Therefore, PHSB needed to hire and train new drivers more frequently. This activity had made increment in the Administration and Operation Expenses for year 2009. The pilferage activities are recognized to happen during year end. This was identified that most of the drivers more likely needed money during this period of time. Hence, the temptation siphoning the CPO was high. Issue of irregular routes and…

illness seen, especially as the winter months are approaching. The “flu” is the reason for thousands of admissions a year into the hospital because of the complications that accompany the illness. This infectious disease affects an estimated 5-15% of the world’s population and also results in 500,000 deaths annually (Sullivan, 2009). As health care workers, many hospitals and health institutions require that its staff receive the flu vaccine. Nurses day in and day out act as role models,…

The Black Plague is known to be one of the most significant diseases. It took place during the 14th century causing many deadly scenes, with an estimate of 75 to 200 million deaths and had a major impact on England’s social structure. Daniel Defoe the author of the “Journal of the Plague” was able to experience this tragic era of the plague and later wrote about the tragic moments he witnessed. Through the use of anecdotes he creates graphic images which describe the horror and gruesome scenes…

When reading “The American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World” by David E. Stannard I was horrified at the living conditions of Europe in the fifteenth through seventeenth century. Epidemic outbreaks of plague and smallpox frequently comb the area. Every twenty-five to thirty years the Europe was engulfed in great epidemics. In a span of several months, more than 80,000 Londoners had died from plague. As time went by the plague had materialize again and again, the Black Death…

The Influenza virus The Influenza virus has a unique background and history as it was discovered in the early 1900’s. Humans and animals are affected by influenza. Therefore, Influenza is characterized by how it is transmitted, its symptoms and treatments, and the impact it has on the populations in which it has spread to. The transmission of the Influenza virus is unique in that it is not just a virus that humans get and it is hard to contain because both animals and humans spread the virus…

The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 also known as the Spanish Flu became the deadliest disease. During the early 20th century it affected about 40% of the globe's population, without a doubt creating a large impact on history. With the fatalities increasing at a larger rate than those of the First World War, society of the 20th century responded to the spanish influenza by faulting the religious punishment of certain gods. People neglected the help of treatment causing more to get sick which led to…

Influenza, also known as the flu, was discovered in 1918. A vet named J.S Koen was observing a disease in pigs which was believed to be the same as the flu today. In 1918, the flu pandemic broke out. It lasted for about a year, killing 20-50 million people. There are 3 types of influenza. There is type A, B and C. Type C mostly affects young people. Recently in Pennsylvania, a 21 year who was healthy as can be, died because of the flu. It is said to be that the flu caused a shock in his…

Lindeman 1 Ashley Lindeman Mrs.Barozie/ Ms.Irvine English 7 19 April 2017 Bubonic Plague What is a plague? A plague is a contagious disease caused by a bacterium named “Yersinia Pestis” that can affect a large population. Plagues can come from a wide variety of animal species. The Bubonic Plague was also known as The Black Death. This plague was spread by bacteria infested fleas attached to rodents. There are different kinds of plagues that have been spread around. The Bubonic plague was the…

victims. The flu was most deadly for people ages 20 to 40. It infected 28% of all Americans. an estimated 700,000 Americans died of influenza during the pandemic, ten times as many as in the world war. Of the U.S. soldiers who died in Europe, half of them fell to the influenza virus and not to the enemy. the sick, who experienced such typical flu symptoms died within hours or days of developing…

America has been through many different tragedies in its lifetime. Three of the biggest disaster that occurred in early American history were the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire, the sinking of the Titanic, and the flu epidemic. Many citizens have lost their lives for things like doing a job to make ends meet, being on a vacation, or even just living an everyday lifestyle, which is why these disasters had such a high impact on the American Population. It may seem like people don’t care about…