Swine flu (H1N1 virus) is a variant / mutant of avian flu (H1N5 virus) which, according to medical and world governments' "experts", was supposed to wipe out quarter to half the world's population... and after costing taxpayers billions of dollars to buy vaccines that nobody used, fizzled out quite nicely due to awareness and changes in hygienic behavior and precautions.
In other words, go long pharmaceuticals and short airlines... and no, it's definitely not a financial advice, only a reflection of what happened in the past with avian flu "pandemic" and what's likely to happen with this swine flu "pandemic".
So get ready for onslaught of political blowhards on the subject. If only we had a vaccine against them!
(H1N5 virus) = (H5N1 virus) = avian (”bird”) flu.
Last time (1976) they tried a vaccine against swine flu it worked out real well for them. /sarcasm