Today we want to talk to you about viruses. We hope that what you hear is informative and will give you something to think about and take away with you.

Respect.....despite being exceptionally small and virtually invisible!

Pandemic.....its been proved that some 100million people died as a result of an Influenza pandemic in 1918.

Did you know that the cause for MRSA was patients not completing their full course of antibiotics. The patient believing themselves to be better would leave the last few with the infection still alive in their system it then just becomes stronger and has then mutated into what we now know as MRSA, the superbug!

Never ever sneeze or cough without covering your nose and mouth. Preferably, where ever possible catch it in a tissue and through it away! Always wash your hands thoroughly.





Costs to UK businesses due to sick leave taken for colds equates to £1.3billion every year. Not only that but sufferers of the common cold spend in excess of £400million every year on over the counter medicines that dont actually cure you!

These are the Top 10 human viruses, i.e. ones to really watch out for!

Influenza has some 306 types of virus!

Rotavirus, which is a gastrointestinal virus affecting children kills half a million victims every year from severe dehydration

Herpes is highly contageous and will be covered in more detail by my collegue late in this presentation

A, B and C

Yellow fever is transferred by mosquitoes in the tropical parts of the world

Encephalitis is a nasty virus causing the brain to swell, highly dangerous!

Ill now pass you to Tiff who will be covering further details of a few of the nasties out there, just waiting for their next victims. Thank you