Yeah this true. If no further complications, the H1N1 virus will
only be a virus that is residing in your body. Yes, you can use
drugs to get rid of it, this way it would be out of your body much
quicker. However, if no complication arises, it is best for the
virus to be removed by your body immune system. This way, it primes
your body immune system, and you will have the immune response to
this particular type of H1N1 strains.
In the future, if a more dangerous or more virulent strain of
H1N1 is to come around, your body immune system against the present
H1N1 virus maybe work as well against the new virulent strain.
However, this is provided that this new virulent strain of H1N1
virus is quite similar to the present one if not your body immune
response may not work too.
According to epidemiological studies, if during this period
whereby the weak strain is infecting the population, it is better
for us to get infected. Because a weak strain is weak and cannot
harm us much. Therefore by getting infected, our body immune system
is prime against it. In the future if a more dangerous form of the
virus comes along, our immune system against the weaker strain may
actually play a role in defense against this more dangerous form of
the virus. This is only true, provided the more dangerous form of
the flu virus is still H1N1 and the major antigens/epitopes which
our immune system recognises is unchanged.
Furthermore, if more of the population gets infected by this
present low disease causing strain, and given that our primed
immune system works against the new more dangerous form of the
virus, therefore it would also bring down the transmission rate
when the new dangerous virus kicks in.
Imagine, with 70% of the population getting infected now, and
having the immune system that is capable of handling the new more
dangerous form of the virus, this means in every 10 people expose
to the virus, only 3 will get it. This will thus bring down the
transmission rate. If everyone now is afraid of the H1N1 and wanna
take precaution, then imagine if only 10% of our population kanna
the virus now, then in the future when the stronger one comes
along, then 9 out of every 10 person will get the virus and be damn
sick.
Anyway, this is just some discussion about the H1N1 virus from
an epidemiological point of view. Those who understand
epidemiological and immunology will understand what I am saying.
Those who dont know can go read up more if ya are interested.
