Did you know that on average 41,400 people died each year in the United States between 1979 and 2001 from influenza?

Did you know that Influenza is the flu?

Did you know that the  most common symptoms of the disease are chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness/fatigue and general discomfort?

Did you know that influenza is often confused with the common cold, influenza is a more severe disease than the common cold and is caused by a different type of virus?^[2]

Did you know that Influenza may produce nausea and vomiting, particularly in children?

Did you know that gastroenteritis,  is sometimes called "stomach flu" or "24-hour flu"?


Did you know that influenza is transmitted through the air by coughs or sneezes, creating aerosols containing the virus?

Did you know that influenza can also be transmitted by direct contact with bird droppings or nasal secretions, or through contact with contaminated surfaces?

Did you know that influenza spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics, resulting in the deaths of between 250,000 and 500,000 people every year, up to millions in some pandemic years?


Did you know that on average 41,400 people died each year in the United States between 1979 and 2001 from influenza?

Did you know that Mārtiņš Freimanis  was a Latvian musician, singer, songwriter, actor and TV personality who died from influenza he was , 33?

(7 February 1977 – 27 January 2011)

Did you know that these are symptoms of Influenza?

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