What was the cure for Influenza and who discovered? in what year?

Question

I need help with a project.....so anyway...what was the cure for the spanish flu,who discoverd it and in what year?
I would appreciate this alot.
thanks.

Answer 1

And it's because there's no cure for viruses that scientists are concerned about the H5N1 avian flu virus.

Right now it's infected a lot of birds and relatively few people, but they are concerned because the virus is mutating and many say that it will develop to spread easily from person to person just like colds.

Answer 2

If you've ever been to the doctor in your life, and you're saying that medical care is a bad thing, then you ARE a hypocrite, whether you want me to say it or not. That said, medical discoveries raise the quality of life for everyone. Before, disease epidemics used to cripple entire populations (think plague, polio, influenza, small pox). Now, with vaccines and antibiotics we have them largely under control. People dropping like flies from minor infections has never been a good thing for society. Perhaps if you lived in 14th century Europe, or were a Native American when the first Europeans came over, or even just lived through the earlier part of the last century, you would have a different idea of whether or not medical discoveries are a good thing. I'd love to see you try to tell my mother, whose brother died of AIDs in the 80s, that a possible AIDs cure "worries" you. Really, how dare you? The discoveries we make in the future will only improve the quality of life further. Overpopulation is not the concern of doctors. Their job is to keep you alive and healthy. If you are concerned about overpopulation, don't have children.

Answer 3

There was and is no cure for Spanish flu nor any other flu. It is a disease that once contracted, must be allowed to run it's course. Being a viral infection, it is not curable wth antibiotics. Every year a new vaccine is developed to aid people in avoiding the disease, but these are never a hundred percent effective.

Answer 4

There is no "cure" for influenza, it's a virus. There are RX's on the market that claim to shorten the duration of the flu. You can protect yourself from the flu by getting a flu-shot early, like in Oct. or Nov.

Answer 5

No cure for this virus. This strain of flu has been identified as the H1N1 variety. H refers to how it enters a cell and N refers to how it leaves. You can receive a shot of a weakened strain of influenza which your body can develop antibodies for. No cure yet. The 1918 strain eventually mutated into a less deadly form.

Answer 6

there is no cure for the flu, just a shot to prevent it, and you have to get it every year..