Comparison of two pandemics: H1N1 and SARS-CoV-2.

Aydin Kant Ugur Kostakoglu Özlem Bayraktar Saral Şenol Çomoğlu Mustafa Arslan Hanife Nur Karakoc Gönül Erkan Barış Ertunç Hanzade Duygu Demir Murat Aydin Sinan Öztürk Gürdal Yılmaz

Published in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2021)

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic is a major public health problem that continues to affect the world with its high rate of contagion. In addition, no vaccines or a specific drug for the benefit of millions of people have been found yet. The H1N1 pandemic is an epidemic that affected the whole world about ten years ago and was prevented by the development of vaccines at a short period. Experience in the H1N1 pandemic may be the guide to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from a worse end.

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