Contributing+Factors+-+H1N1

Treatment & Response - H1N1

Biological Factors
 * This was a new strain
 * Not many people had any immunity to it, because there was no exposure to it
 * Since it was new, there had been no previous attempts to create a vaccine, because you can't really vaccinate for something you never knew existed

Infrastructural Factors
 * The outbreak was allowed to go on for months without any government organization formally recognizing it
 * It takes time to create and test a vaccine, and so for a while there was not enough vaccine to go around
 * We are so globalized, it was not feasible to close borders to try to prevent the spread

Economic Factors
 * Many people probably could not afford to miss a week or more of work
 * Many people may decide to "tough it out" and go to work or school while sick
 * They may need to care for a sick child, and continue to work, and so they may spread the virus from their child to their co-workers

False-Sense-of Security Factors
 * The following factors contributed to the pandemic by allowing people to feel a false sense of security, and possible skip necessary precautions
 * Wearing face-masks
 * Countries such as Egypt slaughtering all of their pigs

Citations - H1N1