swine flu????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!pleasse tell me?
ok people thinkit came from mexicans but that could not happem cause i have alot of friends that are mexicans and others say that it is farmers and there pigs can people tell me the real story thanks for your answers
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pimpin’
09 Mar 2010
namairb2
09 Mar 2010
It started in birds then mutated to pigs and then to humans. The virus just mutated like virus’s can do. Who knows where it actually started, but it was somewhere in Mexico I think. What difference does it make? A virus can start in some remote country and go around the world in 24-48 hours anyway. This is because of the fast way of transportation that we have today. We can go from the USA to Europe in a supersonic jet in under 12 hours. This is all new to the world and a virus just can hitch any ride on anyone. Good luck and God Bless
?
09 Mar 2010
There swine flu is also called the H1N1 Influenza A.It started all over the world and is common in pigs. Most people think it is from Mexico but it isn’t but there has been 1 case where a mexican came over to the US and infected us. Since we are in the US, it will be in the newspaper so everybody thinks it is from Mexico. When you get swine flu it feels like a normal flu, but the you start coughing up blood and you get pneumonia. This happens when you killer T cells in your body tells the cells in the lungs to kill itself causing a hole in the lung and water to flow in the lungs . Hours later you Die. One fun fact that is also sad is that the egyptian burned all there pigs in a fir because of the word swine. Some bad News is that there might be another outbreak in the fall during flu season and it might get worse so I suggest some antibacterial spray or liquid from hospitals that kill 99.999% of pathogens instead of the store brand ones that only kill 99.9% of pathogens. This shows you that kids watching TV is not all bad because I’m only 13 and in 7th grade.
Kristin
09 Mar 2010
It started to spread in Mexico, then reached up here. I don’t know what you knowing some Mexicans has to do with that.. I know Mexicans to. not every Mexican has swine flu, honey. Its quick spread across Mexico is what worried the American government.
You cannot get it from eating pork. Maybe if you lick a pig..
It is just a type of flu. More people die from the common flu each year the have died from the swine flu so far.
I wouldn’t worry about it.
hey_girl_hey
09 Mar 2010
You can get it if someone who has it sneezes on you, or coughs on you or something like that. It came from pigs and spread in Mexico.
Chemist
09 Mar 2010
OK. Flu viruses mutate over time causing small changes to proteins on their surface called antigens. If the immune system has met a particular strain of the virus before, it is likely to have some immunity; but if the antigens are new to the immune system, it will be weakened.
The influenza A virus can mutate in two different ways; antigenic drift, in which existing antigens are subtly altered, and antigenic shift, in which two or more strains combine. Antigenic drift causes slight flu mutations year on year, from which humans have partial, but not complete, immunity. By contrast, the new strain of H1N1 appears to have originated via antigenic shift in Mexican pigs
The name "swine flu" is a slight misnomer as it is believed pigs acted as a mixing pot for several flu strains, containing genetic material from pigs, birds and humans. Most humans have never been exposed to some of the antigens involved in the new strain of flu, giving it the potential to cause a pandemic.
The new virus has made the jump from pigs to humans and has demonstrated it can also pass from human to human. This is why it is demanding so much attention from health authorities. The virus passes from human to human like other types of flu, either through coughing, sneezing, or by touching infected surfaces, although little is known about how the virus acts on humans.
THE BASICS
Symptoms usually similar to seasonal flu – but deaths recorded in Mexico. It is a new version of the H1N1 strain which caused the 1918 flu pandemic. Too early to say whether it will lead to a pandemic
Current treatments do work, but there is no vaccine. Good personal hygiene, such as washing hands, covering nose when sneezing advised.
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8021958.stm
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8021958.stm?ad=1
Who knows