Posted on 06/26/2021 6:15:36 PM PDT by blueplum
New, difficult-to-detect variants of the African swine fever virus circulating in China have spread the disease to pig herds across the country this year, leading to rising incidents of mass infection on farms and stepped-up control measures to stop swine fever’s further spread into livestock supply chains.
Since late last year, provinces including Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Jiangsu and Guangdong, as well as the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, have reported new outbreaks. Farms have reported that infected pigs typically show only mild symptoms in the early stages but have a longer incubation period, making it difficult to diagnose the disease before mass infection spreads across farms.
In late February, researchers from the Harbin Veterinary Institute said in a report published in the academic journal Science China Life Sciences that they had documented a milder but harder-to-detect mutation of the virus.
(Excerpt) Read more at caixinglobal.com ...
Oh great. Now we have to put masks on pigs?
Too easy...
According to ABC Australia:
“Mr Quilty said there were three known strains of African swine fever, two of which were understood to have emerged from illegal vaccines, and that there were no signs of countries being able slow the spread.
He said China’s push towards building super complexes – or so-called pig hotels – was also understood to have been impacted.”
(from March)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-04/african-swine-fever-second-wave-hits-pigs-in-china/13208048
(as an aside, note that China -insists- on calling the swine flu ‘african’ swine flu, but bucked like a bronco over CCPVirus being called Wuhan Flu.)
China can’t feed its self!
I wonder if what is going on there now in the wake of Wuhan flu and now this makes Chernobyl look like small potatoes.
Big trouble in big China
There is also an internal political “war” being waged between factions of the CCP, popcorn please! Older article but good. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1334061/China-news-coup-xi-jinpin-power-police-xi-jinping-under-control-Mao-style-purge
PigBat Virus 2021
Pigs will fly!
Great losses around 2019, 100 million head of Hogs. I thought they were on the road to recovery. Maybe this is a Delta strain of African Swine Fever.
More food shortages.
Oh joy……
Already been done.
Now what?!
Gin up the FEAR!
Gin up the FEAR!
Gin up the FEAR!
Seems like the entire area is in need of some gamma, x-ray, and neutron sterilization procedures. Guaranteed to sterilize all bacteria and viruses, for the foreseeable future.
fear? or a stock tip to buy pork bellies!
DAMNED! There goes my BBQ Pork ribs. What next, no “Wu Tang Clan” music?
CIA dropped a virus on Cuba that ruined their tobacco crop maybe they dropped swine flu on China as a down payment on paying back the CCP for the. China virus
Regarding the Swine flu in China, is that a "Glitch" or a "Feature" (?) ,
or is this a precursor for viral "gain of function" for human viral infections ?
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