Last Weeks Interview

Last week Julian F. interviewed me, Anya, about how a kitty got the swine flu. This kitty got swine flu from humans. Animals also can get H5N1 from humans. H5N1 has killed millions maybe billions of birds. I also wrote about tips on how to stay healthy by just washing your hands.

The Amazing FLU!

It starts off with just one simple virus cell entering your body, then ends up with you getting very sick, and sometimes dying. The flu spreads very fast but the immune system has to be faster to catch the viruses. There is a cell that guides the virus down to the control center so it makes more.

This video was so realistic that it was quite disturbing, even though I learned about the flu. I think these graphics were a little too good.

So now after you have watched this video, you should think twice about covering you nose when you sneeze and always wash your hands.

Also, read Anya's story about the cat that caught the swine flu and what humans can do to avoid catching spreading the flu.

Photo and video credit: NPR.org

The Kitty with Swine Flu and Tips on How to Stay Healthy

The 13-year-old kitty who got swine flu. Now what do you think about that? This Iowa kitty caught the swine flu and is still recovering. The kitty caught the swine flu from people.

In 1004 the big cats from a zoo in Thailand. 147 tigers died and 2 rare leopards died probably from raw infected chicken meat. In 2006 a cat in Germany died of H5N1. Millions of birds have died of H5N1.

For humans the strangest thing is the vaccination for swine flu goes through your nose. Kids under 9 have to have a booster shot one month after the vaccination. If someone has asthma or other health issues they have to get a shot instead.

You can stay healthy just by washing your hands, you can stay healthy by taking vitamins, and you also should get all your shots.

Listen to this audiofile from the CDC, the Centers for Disease Control, about what kids and their families can do to keep healthy.

Read Zack's story about how the flu attacks