In 1918, the Spanish flu occured which was known to be the first H1H1. The Spanish flu killed thousands of people. During 2009, is H1N1 began to reappear again especially targeting young people. Soares believes that the older generation was not heavily affected now by the swine flu because a lot of them might have been around doing that out break. So they have an antibody in them that helps fight off the new virus (Soares). The CDC did some testing and found that the people that got a shot against H1N1 in the late 1970's had a strong response against to dys H1N1 that is out. Young people do not have the immune response to the H1N1 therefore, there are more cases in people under the age of 30. If a person feels like they are having flu like symptoms they should stay home and rest (CDC). Avoiding contact with others is very important except when needing to see a doctor. H1N1 can be treated with antiviral medicine such as Tamiflu (CDC). It seems that the flu of 1918 has prevented the older generation from H1N1.
Citation:
CDC:H1N1 Flu- What To If You Get Sick: 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Flu http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/sick.htm
Pandemic Payoff from 1918: A weaker H1N1 Flu Today http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=pandemic-payoff
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