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Who is most at risk for a pandemic flu?
Pandemic flu
A flu pandemic occurs when a new flu virus against which the human
population has no immunity appears. This results in several, simultaneous epidemics
worldwide with enormous numbers of infections and deaths.
With the increase in global transport and communications, as well as
urbanization and overcrowded conditions, epidemics due to the new flu virus are
likely to quickly take hold around the world.5
Pandemic flu doesn't discriminate.
In the worst pandemic of all time, the "Spanish flu" of 1918, as many as 50
million people perished worldwide. This pandemic caused most deaths in young and
healthy persons in the age range of 15 to 35 years. In a complete reversal of
previous patterns, 99% of deaths occurred in people younger than 65 years.8 The
"milder" flu pandemic that occurred during 1968 and 1969 killed 1 million people
across the globe.9
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