swine flu

Swine Flu is a strain of the influenza virus primarily associated with pigs, and known as swine influenza virus or SIV.

The 2009 swine flu outbreak, largely believed to have originated in Mexico, is believed by health officials to be a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1. The source, though unconfirmed, is likewise thought to be one strain of human influenza virus, one strain of avian influenza virus, and two separate strains of swine influenza virus.

The 2009 outbreak has created enough concern to close schools, and given cause for the World Health Organization (WHO) to issue a Level Four Warning, indicating significant human to human transmission, and considered one level short of a pandemic.

Reports of the outbreak have been confirmed worldwide, including cases in Mexico, Canada, Spain, Scotland, and at least ten states in the U.S. — where President Obama has acknowledged cause for concern. Obama urged citizens who are sick to stay at home, but has also said there is no cause for panic.

On the blogosphere, there is plenty of talk about the Swine Flu at such sites as the Sciencebase Science Blog.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “swine flu”

• Closing schools can curb swine flu-spread: Study

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Washington, November 27 (ANI): Closing schools in the event of an infectious disease pandemic could have a significant role in reducing illness transmission, according to a new study.Niel Hens, from Hasselt and Antwerp University, Belgium, conducted a study with the assistance of a team of European researchers to ...
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• Swine Flu in Perspective

  
  Angry Clam — Authority: 144
  Lets take a moment to put this swine flu “pandemic” in perspective.
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• Rotating Hospital Bed RotoProne Helped Patient Recover from H1N1 (Swine) Flu

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 534
  The patient had a very severe case of the Swine Flu and with moving the patient around in this special bed versus laying on her back, she was able to recover, but it was a slow process and she remained in the bed for 8 days.  A patient needs to be between 88 and 350 pounds to use the bed according to the ...
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• Indias swine flu toll touches 560, over 17,000 affected

  
  UwidoNews - Submitted news — Authority: 171
  Two swine flu deaths were reported in India Wednesday, taking the toll due to the Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 560, health authorities said here.
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• Swine Flu Finds Hajj 2009

  
  Green Prophet — Authority: 504
  Muslims succumb to swine flu during annual Hajj pilgrimage. One of the biggest concerns to Saudi Arabian health authorities has unfortunately become a reality at this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, now underway in Islam’s holiest cities of Mecca and Medina. This year’s pilgrimage, which began on Saturday, November ...
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• “This Is The Dawning of the Age of You’re Scaring Us.”

  
  Candid Conservatives — Authority: 121
  Another scarey headline. Jon Rappoport has a dot com and he coined the above phrase. He has some interesting “scaring us” on his web. He interviewed with George Noory on Coast to Coast am November 25, 2009. YouTube will have more on Jon’s talk on Secret Societies presented at the Decoding Lost Symbols ...
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• Indian tourists to France spend more than the rest

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  By James JoseNew Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The French government has stepped up efforts to attract tourists from India, who spend an average of $275 daily in Paris, more than the $220 by other visitors.“About 200,000 Indians visited France last year and stayed for an average of five days,” said Nicolas Barret, deputy ...
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• CDC Notices Rise in Pneumonias Associated With H1N1

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 746
  Washington, DC (AHN) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has noticed an uptick in pneumonias that are coinciding with cases of H1N1, or the swine flu. The CDC stated on its Web site that there is “good evidence” that the 2009 H1N1 strain may be responsible for an increase in pneumococcal ...
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• Win The Race – Ruin Your Health?

  
  Bajan Global Report — Authority: 128
  Pushing it to the limit during exercise increases ones chance of breaking down with the flu, and with Swine Flu among us this year is it worth the risk? Individuals who take part in running races have higher flu and injury rates than their counterparts who trained for the race but did not run it [...]
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• Swine Flu and You

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  As a primary care internist, I spend a lot of time focusing on preventative health. There are all sorts of screening tests—mammograms, colonoscopies, PSA tests—but none of these actually “prevent” disease.  They are designed to find disease at an early stage, allowing treatment that, ideally, avoids the more ...
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• WHO/Big Pharma Link In Swine Flu Scam?

  
  Bajan Global Report — Authority: 128
  Danish journalists who expertly examined the links between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, who gained wealth by selling drugs to counter the disease have reached the conclusion that the Swine Flu Pandemic may be the most ambitious scam and corruption of our time. ...
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• Mexico expects swine flu infections to peak at New Year

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Mexico City, Nov 27 (DPA) Mexico expects a peak in influenza A (H1N1) infections in late December and early January, Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos said Thursday.Cordova Villalobos said that those are teh dryest and coldest weeks of the year in Mexico, and “the virus spreads faster” in dry ...
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• Thanksgiving Evening - St. Sylvester, Abbot - November 26th, 2009

  
  Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland — Authority: 142
  RORATE CÆLI >> It is not licit to deny communion on the tongue due to H1N1 The Curt Jester >> The heck with Black Friday (Hooray! Someone finally said it!) The League of Bearded Catholics >> Tasty AND Stylish WDTPRS >> CDWDS responds on question of H1N1 and ...
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• Swine Flu and Condoms

  
  Red Gecko — Authority: 140
  Via my internet is where i want you to touch
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• Post Promotes Pig Pandemic Panic . . . and promotes and promotes . . .

  
  Fumento Weblog — Authority: 422
  From an unpublished letter to the editor of the Washington Post . "Panic is what we want," declared Anne Applebaum of the swine flu in the Post Opinion pages in May. "Panic is good." The next month John Barry told Opinion readers to expect "89,000 to 207,000" swine flu deaths. In August, Opinions ran ...
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• Swine Flu: Myths And Misconceptions

  
  PoloMercantil Informative Articles — Authority: 140
  The swine flu pandemic has given rise to all sorts of myths and misconceptions. On the one hand, many believe it is no different from a normal bout of flu, and merits little concern; on the other, some have worried that it will be as devastating as the influenza pandemics of 1918-19, which claimed almost as many lives ...
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• World Health Organization ‘Manufactured’ The Global Swine Flu Scare — Suspected Of Corruption

  
  2012. The big wobble — Authority: 146
  World Health Organization ‘Manufactured’ The Global Swine Flu Scare — Suspected Of Corruption Novye Izvestija November 26, 2009 Translated from Russian by Infowars Ireland The Swine Flu Pandemic which Novye Izvestija has written about many times, may be the most ambitious scam and corruption of our time. In ...
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• This Little Piggy

  
  Worth Doing Badly — Authority: 124
  There is an old Irish expression: “Tá me ar muin na muice”. It is a reply sometimes given when you are asked how you are doing, and the literal translation is “I am on the pig’s back”. You give this reply if you are doing well, as apparently a pig’s back is a splendid place to be, though I can come up ...
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• German Media Breaks Silence, Reports Evidence Swine Flu Virus Came From Lab

  
  Newsvine - Pamela Drew's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 127
  Thanks to Trond in Norway for this google translation of a report in the Financial Times Deutschland (see German below)Swine influenza laboratory could be an accident
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• How to Prevent Swine Flu

  
  ALAIWAH! — Authority: 133
   An Advice from the University of Kansas Hospital to Prevent Swine FluThe only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat.In a global epidemic of this nature, it’s almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions.         While you are still healthy and not ...
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