Globalization of Very Communicable Diseases like Swine Flu and Others:

Globalization of Very Communicable Diseases like Swine Flu and Others

Globalization is originally for economics and international relations of countries and now branched out to the proliferation of different kinds of diseases affecting millions of people . During the early years , the spread of diseases is not as fast as today due to the rapid advancement of technology . Before , it needs natural carriers such as wind , birds , insects , flotsams and others in to reach places

Today , airlines and other means of transportation allow passengers to travel a whole lot faster . High speed carriers

now serve first class transportations for deadly germs , as today 's swine flu that is discovered to be a new variant of influenza known as the influenza A virus subtype H1N1 . The new virus was detected in April 2009 in the United States and rapidly spread in nearby countries like Mexico and Canada . The virus was originally referred to as swine flu ' as laboratory test showed that the virus has strains similar the virus causing swine influenza . Up to the present , there is no evidence that pigs in infected countries are infected of the new virus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , 2009

Back in 1918 , Spanish flu infected approximately 500 million people or one-third of the whole population . It is considered as one of the most devastating and fatal epidemics in the world history (World Almanac Book of Facts , 2008 . Now , the recent flu outbreak in Mexico , Canada and the United States is caused by the...