To the layperson, disease names are generally meaningless, but in actuality they carry immense weight, and in many ways the key to understanding how and why pandemics of mutated flu viruses occur. Take for instance the H1N1 scare of 2009. Thanks to the ever-vigilant media, most people knew this was an outbreak of swine flu, but they didn’t know why the name “H1N1″ was significant.
http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/05/08/whats-in-a-flu-name-hs-and-ns-tell-a-tale/
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