[Pontiac]

Another issue is that the vaccine viruses have to be adapted to growth in chicken embryos, which means that they may not match up completely to the circulating viruses that are adapted to growth in humans.

I don’t mean to monopolize your time but you have got me going on all of my long simmering thoughts on viruses.

I had read one time that all flu viruses originate in fowl. They were all originally bird viruses.

And so the occasional story in the news about huge government mandated exterminations of a farmers' stock of chickens to prevent a flu epidemic.

True?

[exDemMom]

Yes, that is true. Millions of poultry (not just chickens) have been culled to stop a new virus from jumping into humans.

It is late now, but I will be happy to continue this discussion tomorrow evening.