Can some people be immune to the Swine Flu

How many people will be so immune that they will never get swine …?

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It was originally thought by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other infectious disease research entities that few to none would be naturally immune to Novel H1N1 influenza since there had not been a previous strain of flu virus like …

Are some people immune to the swine flu?

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The data suggests that many older people have been exposed to a similar strain of virus at some time in the past, and can produce antibodies capeable of fighting the 2009 H1N1 strain. This is why older people are not catching H1N1 as freque…

Are there people that are immune to the swine flu?

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It is possible to have natural immunity to any virus, it just depends on the mechanism for it. Certain genetic factors can help, for example the genes for Sickle Cell Anaemia (a blood disease) has been noted as being useful to fight malaria…

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Are some people immune to the swine flu?

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A: The data suggests that many older people have been exposed to a similar strain of virus at some time in the past, and can produce antibodies capeable of fighting the 2009 H1N1 strain. This is why older people are not catching H1N1 as frequently as younger people. The 1918 influenza epidemic was caused by an avian H1N1 strain that started infecting humans. That strain diminished after a few years, but less virulent strains of H1N1, including some less virulent mutants of the 1918 strain circulated for years. H1N1 was the predominant influenza strain until the 1960’s, when the H3N2 strain began to predominate, although it varies in any given year. With all these strains going around from year to year mutating and recombining with each other, it makes sense that sometimes the new strain is just by chance, going to look a lot like one of the older ones. (to our immune system that is).

People born before 1918 epidemic immune to swine flu?

Q: Is it possible that the killer flu of the last century has been laid dormant all this time? and could we see the same problems with disease such as Smallpox( I would rather have the flu than that)

A: That wasn’t the swine flu. They actually discovered it was the Bird Flu which is much more deadlier.

Are the people who’ve recovered from swine flu immune to swine flu now?

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A: The people that have already had the swine flu are immune to the strain that they were exposed to, however, the flu mutates slightly as it moves from carrier to carrier. What this means, is that it won’t be the same strain by the time it comes back around to them. So, they’ll likely catch it again and, with proper treatment, make a full recovery again.