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<blockquote data-quote="knowknews" data-source="post: 694537" data-attributes="member: 13046"><p>hillsdown: </p><p></p><p>The older folks may not get it as bad this time: If you were born before 1957 seems to go easier on you. Here is part of an article I found, but I thought I saw something on it on Fox News.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">However, it could have implications for how well different people do when exposed to the swine flu virus. Also, if the government pushes swine flu shots later this year, it might mean only one dose is necessary for senior citizens.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">CDC officials say the Asian flu in 1957 — which was a pandemic — and some other flu viruses after, have become common seasonal flu strains. But scientists believe that before 1957, the kind of flu that infected the country each winter was more like the new swine flu, at least in the way patients' immune systems responded.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">That would help explain why the new flu seems to be hitting younger people harder than older folks. Usually, the vast majority of flu-related hospitalizations are elderly people. But with the new virus, about 40 percent of those hospitalized have been in the 18 to 50 age group. For all cases — not just those hospitalized — more than 60 percent have been in people younger than 25.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">But some people born before 1957 have still been getting sick from the swine flu, and health officials are urging older people to take the same precautions as everyone else.</span></p><p></p><p>You can read it all at <a href="http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/21/2847458-tests-show-more-swine-flu-immunity-in-older-folks" target="_blank">http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/21/2847458-tests-show-more-swine-flu-immunity-in-older-folks</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="knowknews, post: 694537, member: 13046"] hillsdown: The older folks may not get it as bad this time: If you were born before 1957 seems to go easier on you. Here is part of an article I found, but I thought I saw something on it on Fox News. [size=5]However, it could have implications for how well different people do when exposed to the swine flu virus. Also, if the government pushes swine flu shots later this year, it might mean only one dose is necessary for senior citizens. CDC officials say the Asian flu in 1957 — which was a pandemic — and some other flu viruses after, have become common seasonal flu strains. But scientists believe that before 1957, the kind of flu that infected the country each winter was more like the new swine flu, at least in the way patients' immune systems responded. That would help explain why the new flu seems to be hitting younger people harder than older folks. Usually, the vast majority of flu-related hospitalizations are elderly people. But with the new virus, about 40 percent of those hospitalized have been in the 18 to 50 age group. For all cases — not just those hospitalized — more than 60 percent have been in people younger than 25. But some people born before 1957 have still been getting sick from the swine flu, and health officials are urging older people to take the same precautions as everyone else.[/size] You can read it all at [url]http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/21/2847458-tests-show-more-swine-flu-immunity-in-older-folks[/url] [/QUOTE]
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