Humans give swine flu to pigs - Democratic Underground

canetoad

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Fri Jul-31-09 07:18 PM
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Humans give swine flu to pigs

The pigs on a farm in western NSW have swine flu, thought to have been transmitted by infected farm workers. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/01/2642996.htm

Heard a scientist discuss this on the news and his concern is that the H1N1 may mutate in the pigs and be re-transmitted back to humans making current vaccines useless.

This could turn into something bigger than we thought.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Fri Jul-31-09 07:24 PM
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1. Oh this is the third time piggies get it

first was in Canada, then Argenina and now NSW...

And yes, the concern is for real

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canetoad

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Fri Jul-31-09 08:22 PM
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2. I hadn't heard about the other instances

This one is closer to home. The scientist had real concerns about animal/human transmission.

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