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No1Doyen
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| Governments are racing to find and contain pockets of swine flu around the globe, seeking to stem both the threat of a pandemic and public panic.
There is not a global pandemic yet, but waiting until scientists know if the new virus is going to spread rapidly and easily would be too late.
A spokesman for the World Health Organization, Peter Cordingley, said the virus was spreading quickly in Mexico and the southern U.S. and has the potential to become a pandemic and a global threat.
What is swine flu?
Swine flu is a respiratory disease which infects pigs.
Caused by influenza type A, there are regular outbreaks among herds of pigs, where the disease causes high levels of illness but is rarely fatal.
It tends to spread in autumn and winter but can circulate all year round.
There are many different types of swine flu and like human flu, the infection is constantly changing. |
No1Doyen
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| Can humans catch swine flu?
Swine flu does not normally infect humans, although sporadic cases do occur - usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.
There have also been rare documented cases of humans passing the infection to other humans.
Human-to-human transmission of swine flu is thought to spread in the same way as seasonal flu - through coughing and sneezing.
In the latest outbreak it is clear that the disease is being passed from person to person. . |
No1Doyen
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27/04/2009 16:28 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 5 of 12 in Discussion |
| It's all the Pig's fault - the swines!!  )) |
keithr
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27/04/2009 16:50 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 6 of 12 in Discussion |
| It is transmitted through sexual contact....
Remember the film Deliverance ??? |
No1Doyen
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27/04/2009 16:55 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 7 of 12 in Discussion |
| No heavy breathing then, just an oink oink !! ) |
keithr
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27/04/2009 18:55 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 8 of 12 in Discussion |
| Squeal like a pig city boy !!!..... |
janjin
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27/04/2009 18:57 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 9 of 12 in Discussion |
| I've got flu .. it's a swine |
jock1
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27/04/2009 19:02 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 10 of 12 in Discussion |
| Its a Hibby Disease.......... |
jimmy
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27/04/2009 22:37 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 11 of 12 in Discussion |
| keep up folks................i told you all about this last week but some are too busy trying to get one over on each other to be bothered.
try http://www.infowars.com for more info |
Goonerboy
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28/04/2009 07:09 | | Join or Login to Reply | Message 12 of 12 in Discussion |
| blame the Greeks, stop cross border shopping lol |
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