Posted on 06/30/2020 3:46:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An emerging virus discovered in pigs in China has traits similar to the 2009 swine flu and 1918 Spanish flu, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, told a Senate committee on June 30.
Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that while the virus, which has been dubbed G4 EA H1N1, doesn’t appear to infect humans, it has shown that it could mutate.
“In other words, when you get a brand new virus that turns out to be a pandemic virus, it’s either due to mutations and/or the reassortment or exchanges of genes,” Fauci stated at a hearing held by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. “And they’re seeing virus in swine, in pigs now, that have characteristics of the 2009 H1N1, of the original 1918, which many of our flu viruses have remnants of that in it, as well as segments from other hosts like swine.”
Fauci told the lawmakers that there is a “possibility that you might have another swine flu-type outbreak as we had in 2009.”
The virus is still being investigated.
A team of Chinese researchers who looked at influenza viruses found in pigs from 2011 to 2018 and found a “G4” strain of H1N1 that has “all the essential hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus,” according to a study published by the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Pig farm workers also showed elevated levels of the virus in their blood, the authors said, adding that “close monitoring in human populations, especially the workers in the swine industry, should be urgently implemented.”
The study said pigs were considered important “mixing vessels” for the generation of pandemic influenza viruses and called for “systematic surveillance” of the problem.
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Will it be okay to say that it’s “the flu”? I mean, this time it’s right there in the name and everything.
Dr. Falsey? Who is going to listen to him?
Liberal dickheads.
Why does this clown still have a job?
Seriously, work for the government for 40 years, screw up for 40 years, and still get to keep your job?
Fauci needs to be fired for being the chicken-little, crooked, azz-clown that he is.
He’s got to have pictures.
RE: Dr. Falsey? Who is going to listen to him?
To be fair, he is only referring to the research made by Chinese Scientists.
From other articles on the currently forming propaganda.
“China”
“10 provinces”
“known since 2016”
No actual location or locations in any reporting of this.
This is a setup.
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The biggest plague facing this country is Dr. Fauci.
It is an influenza virus, yes.
They should be able to formulate a vaccine much more quickly and make it part of the annual flu vaccine like before, I would think.
put uncle fauxci in the basement, lock the door
Kung Flu 2
Pretty much started his government career by botching the HIV/AIDS problem and ends it by botching this, and almost destroying the country in the process
kakistocracy at it’s finest
Electric Boogaloo?
Do we get to work, eat out, play sports, and hang out though?
bttt!
Does Fauci/Dr Doom do children’s parties? I have a nephew (who is a little $hit). I’d like to hire Fauci for his next birthday.
Well, we didn’t do anything in ‘09, so...
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