Flu Strategists: On Predicting the Spread of the H1N1 Virus

Globally, flu strategists are actively engaged in predicting the spread of the H1N1 virus. This is a science and an art that has serious, global health implications.

There are steadily growing, medical statistics, concerning the numbers of people who have been infected in the past and present, with the H1N1 virus. When a health care professional, a scientist or a flu strategist acquires this information, peers into the future and tries to predict what it means for the future of the global community, this may still be a numbers game, at least to some extent.

What happens if the predictions made by the flu strategists are correct? Many people will live. That is what flu strategists, scientists and health care professionals are hoping to achieve by their work.

What happens if they are not correct? Many lives may be at stake.

"Symptoms of the H1N1 virus in children - and - what parents need to know now" (1) is an article published on the web site:

http://h1n1virus.us.

While this web site contains valuable H1N1 virus information, have its predictions been accurate? In other words, has what they predicted come true, to date?

How and when will we know? Will it only be in retrospect?

"Flu Strategists See Schools on Front Line," an article by the Washington Post, dated August 24, 2009, alerted the public to concerns about the H1N1 virus and children. (2)

Why is monitoring, as well as predicting the spread of the H1N1 virus, so crucial?

Taking appropriate and effective health care measures against an infectious disease, like the H1N1 virus, as soon as possible, is vital. Accurate predictions by flu strategists are necessary to make certain that vaccines will be available for disease prevention. Healthcare measures are essential to control the further spread of the infectious disease, wherever it may be running rampant.

Globally, health care professionals must be alert to the serious nature of the existing pandemic and thus predictions based upon accurate statistics, are important to them too. Health care educators need to be aware of what is happening, all around the world. They may need to seek advanced training for themselves or train others, with regard to teaching large masses of people, who may be vulnerable to the disease.

There are multiple factors that flu strategists must consider when they are making predictions regarding the possible spread of the H1N1 virus.

As mentioned previously,

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