Pandemic diseases are infectious, easily transmitted, highly contagious and spread rapidly.
- During a pandemic.
- It is necessary to redouble the attention already applied daily.
- Because in the pandemic the number of infected people is much higher.
- Which favors its spread.
- For example.
- It is important to avoid contact with people who are sick or who have signs or symptoms of an infectious disease.
- To wear appropriate masks to avoid exposure to the infectious agent.
- To cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
- And to avoid touching your nose.
- And mouths.
In addition, it is important to wash your hands regularly to prevent contagion and infection by others, as your hands are the easiest way to contract and transmit diseases.
It is also important to pay attention to the recommendations of health authorities, avoiding travel and frequenting indoors and with high concentrations of people during the pandemic, as in these cases the risks of transmission of the disease are greater.
The most recent pandemic occurred in 2009 and was due to the rapid spread among people and continents of the H1N1 virus, which was known as influenza A virus or swine influenza virus. The flu began in Mexico, but spread rapidly to Europe, South America, Central America, Africa and Asia. For example, the World Health Organization (WHO) has defined it as a pandemic due to the rapid, growing and systemic presence of influenza virus on all continents. Before influenza A, Spanish influenza occurred in 1968, which killed about 1 million people.
In addition to influenza, AIDS has been classified as a pandemic since 1982, and the virus responsible for the disease has spread easily and considerably quickly among people. Although cases are not currently increasing at the same rate as before, the World Health Organization still considers AIDS to be a pandemic because the infectious agent can spread easily.
Another infectious disease considered pandemic was cholera, which was responsible for at least 8 pandemic episodes, the last of which was reported in 1961 when it began in Indonesia and spread to the Asian continent.
Currently, Zika, Ebola, dengue and chikungunya are considered endemic diseases and have been studied due to their pandemic potential due to their ease of transmission.
Understand what is endemic and how to prevent it
One of the most important factors of the current pandemic is the ease of moving people from place to place in a short period of time, allowing an infectious agent to also be transported to another location and thus infecting others.
In addition, people often don’t know they’re sick because they don’t show signs or symptoms of infection, and don’t have care or personal hygiene, which can also promote transmission and infection in more people.
It is important that pandemics are quickly identified so that necessary measures can be taken to prevent infection among people and prevent the spread of the infectious agent.