The Swine Flu is Back

[N2NH]

I caught this in 2010 and it's no fun. The mutated flu that was supposedly only found in Northern Europe? I had it and after over a dozen antibiotics, it took 2 months to get rid of. It basically shut down my respiratory system, causing pneumonia, COPD, asthma, a viral infection on top of the flu. The viral infection was incurable and I had to ride it out for over 3 months. It cost me my job and I will have the complications that it left behind for the rest of my life. Which is why I find the CDC's description of this flu as mild more than a little suspect.

A new type of swine flu has infected at least 145 people, mostly children, since July 12, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's a significant jump from the 12 cases confirmed by the agency last week.
"We're seeing a big increase, and we think it's a real increase," said the CDC's Dr. Joseph Bresee in a Thursday update on the virus, which people have contracted after contact with pigs at county fairs.

New Strain of Swine Flu going around. LINK

[X-Rated]

I was planning to go to a "threshing bee" this weekend, but probably will opt to stay away from the farm properties.

[K7SGJ]

Doesn't that about figure? I got rid of all my birds a few years ago and replaced them with a bunch of pigs. Damn

[kb2vxa]

Catching swine flu from a pig is unlikely. People catch it from human contact, or... something that once was... human.

[PA5COR]

One farm in our country had bird flue, 36,000 chickens destroyed.
Keep healthy guy's 'n gals...