Russian doctors fear swine flu might mix with bird flu

[Kshasty]

Source: RIA Novosti

Russian doctors fear that a new flu virus might appear as a result of reassortment between the swine flu and bird flu viruses, Russia's chief sanitary official said on Monday.

The H1N1 swine flu virus, which has sickened about half a million people worldwide with about 7,800 fatalities, is believed to have originated as a result of reassortment between the viruses of human flu, swine flu and bird flu.

The combination of H5N1 bird flu and H1N1 viruses could become a monstrous hybrid - a virus that combines high mortality rate of the former and ability to transmit efficiently among people of the latter.

Read more: http://en.rian.ru/science/20091130/157040091.html

[wreckhead]

1. Flying Pig Flu?!

:silly:

[AngryAmish]

7. *shakes fist*

[trof]

2. When pigs have wings...?

[mwb970]

3. I'm worried that swine flu and Restless Leg Syndrome might mix.

Then you'd have sick people walking about uncontrollably, infecting everyone!

:scared:

[caseymoz]

11. Standard zombie scenario. nt.

[smirkymonkey]

12. Or worse, Swine flue and Tourettes Syndrome...

Can you imagine what it would be like to have people running around oinking uncontrollably??

[Creationismsucks]

4. Isn't it thecase

that this current swine flu already *was* mixed with an avian flu? Wasn't that part of the reason it was so new, and initially feared to be so virulent?

[Odin2005]

5. I see a couple posters already beat me to the flying pig joke, LOL!

[trusty elf]

6. An apple a day will keep it away?

[Wizard777]

8. Oh No! Pigs will fly. Once again Mother was right.

[seafan]

9. Doctors fear that swine flu might mix with bird flu? Not to worry...

Russian doctors fear swine flu might mix with bird flu, November 30, 2009



BigPharma is working on it.


:sarcasm:

[madrchsod]

10. well if people, pigs,and birds all live together.....

oh wait a minute, they do in several countries. oh well something has to cull the herd

[kestrel91316]

13. Well, US scientists have concerns about that, too. That's why it's important

to have public health infrastructure in place, and vaccinate as much of "the herd" as possible. Because trying to deal with THAT scenario after the fact won't work out very well.

Reassortment of genes has its best chance with simultaneous infection in an animal or human by BOTH H5N1 and H1N1. We need to prevent that.