Thanks rating television programs, researchers were able to estimate the time spent by people at home during a flu epidemic, and to assess how the reduction of social activity has accelerated the attenuation of disease. More detailed information on the findings of scientists can be available in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases.
As an example, researchers cite the epidemic of swine influenza A / H1N1, broke out in Mexico in April 2009. Ratings telecasts at this time increased. This suggests that people at that time preferred to stay at home, limiting their contact with others. Experts believe that if it were not such an instinctive “self-isolation” of swine flu would suffer a lot more people.
Doctors are advised to follow this tactic during periods when the chances of catching an infectious disease, for example, during the annual seasonal influenza epidemics.
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