{"id":2584,"date":"2009-05-05T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/swine-flu-lessons.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:20:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:20:39","slug":"swine-flu-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2584","title":{"rendered":"Swine Flu Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SgAs1-Oc4_I\/AAAAAAAABvI\/-2q4aL9ieB0\/s1600-h\/pigs.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332311264554968050\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 85px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SgAs1-Oc4_I\/AAAAAAAABvI\/-2q4aL9ieB0\/s320\/pigs.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Swine flu. Yes, definitely heard of it. But, what is it, really? Should I be worried, really?<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Dr. Charles Ericsson gives <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthfinder.gov\/news\/newsstory.aspx?docID=626749\">this primer &#8212; everything you needed to know &#8212; <\/a>about the swine flu outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that we have come a long way since the last incident. In 1918, a severe flu outbreak killed millions. However, today we have put into place a coordinated effort that is actually quite efficient and impressive. <\/p><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthfinder.gov\/news\/newsstory.aspx?docID=626724\">Here is a look <\/a>at how we have updated our response system to react and defend against this kind of potential large scale infection &#8230; in order to prevent it from becoming a large scale infection!!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Good news is so seldom reported. That we are managing this contagion is good news indeed. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swine flu. Yes, definitely heard of it. But, what is it, really? Should I be worried, really? Dr. Charles Ericsson gives this primer &#8212; everything you needed to know &#8212; &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494],"tags":[465,464],"class_list":["post-2584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-influenza","tag-swine-flu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-FG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2509,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2509","url_meta":{"origin":2584,"position":0},"title":"Swine Flu","author":"Will Clower","date":"September 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Get ready because the Swine Flu pandemic is going to hit hard this year in the US. 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