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obliviously Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 10:03 PM
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Swine test positive for bird flu.
It could happen!
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 10:42 PM
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1. "Could happen"?? It's already happened.
H1N1(2009) contains an avian element and has been found in pigs.
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obliviously Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 10:46 PM
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2. Your right! It appears to be an equal opportunity disease.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 11:05 PM
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3. I heard Rush was sick, but I didn't know he had the turd flu.
I mean the bird flu.
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obliviously Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 11:11 PM
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4. Some people are claiming the swine flu was manufactured
I find that hard to believe! What purpose would it serve?
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 08:24 AM
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6. People claim a lot of things. I guess swine flu in 1957
seemed similar to a strain in a lab in the USSR. However, reassortments is what flu does naturally.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 08:23 AM
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5. This already occurs - what do you mean it could happen?
people can even test positive for bird flu. Bird flu just needs to borrow a couple of genes when it mixes with human or swine flu in an organisms and then we can get the best of both worlds - the virulence of avian flu in humans with the contagion of human or now swine flu.
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