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Swine flu in our area and daughter has it. Swine anywhere else?
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 313548" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>They've also found H1N1 in actual swine, but the animals are not getting sick from it and there is still no evidence of contagion between animals and humans.</p><p></p><p>A good comparison would be the Bordetella Pertussis bacteria. One 'flavor' causes kennel cough in dogs. The other causes whooping cough in humans. There has never been any evidence of cross-infection between the two species nor does the human vaccine work for dogs or vice versa.</p><p></p><p>My concern with all of this is that swine act as mixing vats for virii from other species, are able to combine them with human strains, which then produce new mutations that infect humans.</p><p></p><p>H1N1 is a mixture of human, avian, and porcine virii. It is actually surprising that H1N1 hasn't mutated yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 313548, member: 1963"] They've also found H1N1 in actual swine, but the animals are not getting sick from it and there is still no evidence of contagion between animals and humans. A good comparison would be the Bordetella Pertussis bacteria. One 'flavor' causes kennel cough in dogs. The other causes whooping cough in humans. There has never been any evidence of cross-infection between the two species nor does the human vaccine work for dogs or vice versa. My concern with all of this is that swine act as mixing vats for virii from other species, are able to combine them with human strains, which then produce new mutations that infect humans. H1N1 is a mixture of human, avian, and porcine virii. It is actually surprising that H1N1 hasn't mutated yet. [/QUOTE]
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