Who is most at risk for a pandemic flu
Pandemic flu
A flu pandemic occurs when a new flu virus against which the human population has no immunity appears. This results in several, simultaneous epidemics worldwide with enormous numbers of infections and deaths.
With the increase in global transport and communications, as well as urbanisation and overcrowded conditions, epidemics due to the new flu virus are likely to quickly take hold around the world. 31
Pandemic flu doesn't discriminate.
In the worst pandemic of all time, the "Spanish flu" of 1918, as many as 50 million people perished worldwide. This pandemic caused most deaths in young and healthy persons in the age range of 15 to 35 years. In a complete reversal of previous patterns, 99% of deaths occurred in people younger than 65 years.32 The "milder" flu pandemic that occurred during 1968 and 1969 killed 1 million people across the globe.33
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