A woman in Arizona with an underlying lung condition has become the fourth person in the U.S. with swine flu to die.
In New York, an assistant principal has been hospitalized and is on a ventilator after being confirmed to have the swine flu. Three schools have been closed after clusters of flu symptoms were reported.
Not only can’t you catch the current swine flu strain from pigs — it isn’t purely swine flu itself! It’s a recombinant mix of mostly swine flu virus plus components of both bird flu and human flu. That’s one reason calling it swine flu is a misnomer, because no pig ever had this particular virus
Indeed. I use H1N1/swine flu interchangeably because that it how it is commonly referred to. On a personal note, I love bacon.