A pandemic can last from a few weeks (as in the case of the recent "swine" and "bird" flus), through to a year or two (the "Spanish" influenza) and even decades (as HIV/AIDS is considered a pandemic) or centuries (the Black Death).
the swine flu will end this summer
The initial outbreak was called the "H1N1 influenza", or "Swine Flu"
the swine flu
Alabama has had about 150 probable/confirmed cases of H1N1 (swine flu) from http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/update.htm
No. It was proved to be a different strand of Swine flu.
Yes, it has spread to half of the area already.
Here's a photo and info of the actual virus: http://www.ehow.com/how_4932177_proactive-swine-flu.html Kathy
Because of the swine flu outbreak, the school closed for several days. The daycare has had very low attendance due to a chicken pox outbreak.
They don't record it anymore, now a flu is just a flu.
A week, Its like the common cold. Though swine fllu is deadly & may last longer.
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That is a hard question to answer and is decided by each school district or individual school if swine flu cases are present in their systems. Regardless of when schools are shut down, any student diagnosed with swine flu should stay home until all chance of infecting others is over and they are completely over it.