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How did the influenza pandemic affect us and its impacts (Economic aspect,…
How did the influenza pandemic affect us and its impacts
Individual perspectives
People being unable to go to work will lower the productivity and quality of life.
Psychological stress when people worry about being infected
Healthcare workers suffering from anxiety
Economic aspect
Added expenditures on medical services causes economical burden.
Disrupts local and the world's economy
More money used for treatments and vaccines
The decrease in productivity will result to a drop of GDP
Burden of pandemic influenza could range from $71.3 to 166.5 billion
Environmental aspect
The disease might be transmitted to animals, the disease evolves, causing the animals to mutate.
The disease will spread between humans and animals, therefore the disease might evolve and start to adapt.
Horses, cats, dogs, birds, swines can be infected.
Social aspect
Increased demands for healthcare due to large scale outbreaks
Manpower, beds, medicine & other facilities in hospitals might be inefficient due to the heavy demands for public/private medical services.
Daily operations for other sicknesses are affected and delayed.
Influenza affected us individually, economically, socially and environmentally.