12 Must-Have Items to Buy for a Flu Pandemic Amanda Gardner
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What to buy for a flu pandemic
With the Covid-19 pandemic still ongoing, it s hard to even contemplate the possibility of another type of pandemic. In fact, many experts would have predicted an influenza virus as the more likely cause of a pandemic the world-wide outbreak of a new illness than a new coronavirus, which is what causes Covid-19.
Typically, flu A and B are the two main types that can infect humans (type C only causes mild illness and type D mostly affects animals). For a flu pandemic to occur, there needs to be a global outbreak of a new influenza A virus in people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).