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Pigs contract flu though human contact
The London News.Net ^ | May 3, 2009

Posted on 05/03/2009 6:59:27 AM PDT by ETL

A herd of pigs in Canada has tested positive for swine flu, after coming into contact with a human carrier.

The pigs were apparently infected by an Alberta farm worker who had recently returned from Mexico.

The herd, in the western province of Alberta, has been quarantined.

Many new cases of swine flu have been diagnosed among humans in Canada, where the total number of sufferers has risen from 35 to 85.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: contact; flu; h1n1; human; influenza; pigs; swineflu

1 posted on 05/03/2009 6:59:28 AM PDT by ETL
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To: Smokin' Joe

ping


2 posted on 05/03/2009 7:01:29 AM PDT by DvdMom
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To: ETL

So.... it’s the Mexicans who are giving....

Never mind.


3 posted on 05/03/2009 7:20:57 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: ETL

Someone needs to make a pic of the pigs wearing surgical masks.


4 posted on 05/03/2009 7:26:47 AM PDT by pnut22
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To: ETL

Well then, let’s just consider ourselves fortunate that pigs aren’t likely to round up and slaughter all humans as a health precaution.


5 posted on 05/03/2009 7:27:10 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ETL

6 posted on 05/03/2009 11:38:30 AM PDT by seatrout (I wouldn't know most "American Idol" winners if I tripped over them!)
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To: seatrout

Are you suggesting the farm worker might have been “romantically involved” with the pigs?

:)


7 posted on 05/03/2009 12:01:21 PM PDT by ETL (ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...

Ping (Thanks, DvdMom!)


8 posted on 05/03/2009 1:58:44 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: ETL

This is not a good sign. We normally can’t catch swine flu, nor can we give human flu to swine.

This exchange is not good. This may taper off this summer (although remain a problem in the southern hemisphere) only to come this fall with a vengeance.


9 posted on 05/03/2009 2:03:32 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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10 posted on 05/03/2009 3:28:33 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 104 of our national holiday from reality.)
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