H1N1 Swine flu spreading

[NJ5]

Torillian said:

NJ5 said:

From what I read, in the 1918 flu young adults with strong immune systems were most likely to die due to the immune system going into overdrive and attacking the body itself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_storm

Ironically the cure is to make the immune system weaker.

 

yeah, but that was due to the specific virality of that strain, which doesn't have to do with the H1N1 designation.  All the H1N1 means is that the Hemagglutinin (sp) and Neuraminidase are of a certain kind, which is how the virus gets into the cell and how it detaches from the cell.  Those really aren't why the spanish flu was so deadly, it has to do with other mechanisms within the virus, so just because this flu has the same H1N1 doesn't mean that it will have the same deadliness as the Spanish Flu.

 

That makes sense, I'm just saying one of the potential  reasons to explain why young adults seem to be affected most by this one in Mexico.

I certainly hope there's another explanation which is the real cause right now...