Obama Administration: Out With the 'Swine,' In With the 'H1N1 Virus'

This article, reminds me of Desiree Jennings: The cheerleader who got a “seasonal-jab” (not the 2009 H1N1 vaccine) but still got the biggest shock of her life – After 10 days diagnosed with an irreversible nerve-illness called “dystonia”.

Others, keep saying its a one and a million chance, but now that I am seeing article like this. I am thinking otherwise about the credibility of these “flu-vaccines”.

“If ain’t broke don’t fix it”

i think that obama should be more careful

Technically, since it is actually a combination of human, bird and swine viruses, it should be called :Man-Bird-Pig" flu, or "Mabipi" flu for short. Why are people not eating pigs because of this, anyway? Has anyone stopped eating birds because of this? Are cannibals abstaining from eating other people because of this? It just makes no sense that everyone is focusing on the poor little piggies. Although, some are probably grateful that we are not eating them. I know I am.

Is "swine flu" going the way of the "bailout," which got exchanged for "economic stimulous package?" The only DC pol I trust on the subject of flu is Joe Biden.

Posted by: mo | Apr 29, 2009 6:11:44 PM

Humans are carnivores. It is wholly unnatural for humans to be vegetarians. Give it up.

MO,Human's are not carnivores, humans are OMNIvores. Carnivores are solely meat eaters. If humans ate nothing but meat, they would serious health problems. Before you post, review what you about to post.

Allo??
"Swine Flu", "Avian Swine Flu"??
It is now refered to as
The H1N1 or HONO Virus.
PLEASE REMEMBER
1. COUGH INTO ELBOWS
2. WASH HAND OFTEN
3. IF NEEDED...
WEAR GLOVES AND A MASK
AND 4. PLEASE STAY HOME IF YOU FELL SICK.
Thank you.
Sunday, 3rd of May, 2009 CE
@ 14:16 UTC or
Sunday, 11th of May, 6009 XIII
@ 14:16 UTC.

Guys, they didn't just pull the "H1N1" name out of a hat. ALL flu strands are named after the H and N proteins (hemagglutinin and neuraminidase). These proteins are what allows the virus to infect and damage cells, hence their significance.

According to wikipedia, there are 16 different H antigens (H1 to H16) and 9 different N antigens (N1 to N9), which explains where the numbering comes from.

The spanish Flu of 1918 was a variation of H1N1. H5N1 was the bird flu.

A real boon to the USA: justify greater border security with Mexico; increased sales and stock value for the only 2 pharm cos with vaccine/treatment.

This has more to do with Political Correctness than anything else. Please Israel and the Muslims to the disregard of the rest of humanity! I am so sick and tired of these terrorists!

• People CANNOT get North American Flu from eating pork or pork products.
• Most influenza viruses, including the North American Flu, are not spread by food.
• There is no food safety issues related to the North American Flu.
• Preliminary investigations have determined that none of the people infected with the North American Flu had contact with hogs.
• This virus is different from respiratory viruses found in pigs.
• This virus has NOT been identified in hogs in the United States or anywhere in the world.
• The hybrid virus is contagious and transmits human-to-human.

GH1N1? Passing the buck, not the pork. Given that the outbreak of swine flu probably originated in a US owned pork processing factory farm in Mexico, I can understand why Smithfield's CEO is pressuring the powers that be to stop calling this a swine flu outbreak.

I don't know anyone stupid enough to think they will catch swine flu from eating bacon. I think the pork processors are much more worried that people will catch the drift that factory farming in unregulated environments bred the H1N1, er, SWINE flu which is evolving into a pandemic.

Factory farming, in addition to be abject misery for the animals, is a breeding ground for bacteria and viruses. Porcine viruses are especially able to jump the barrier to infect humans.

Pump the animals full of antibiotics so that you can crowd more of them together before they get sick and die before you can kill them to be eaten, and you help resistant strains of bacteria to develop.

Bacteria aren't viruses, but unhealthy conditions breed virus and bacterial mutations that are resistant to drugs.

Posted by: Wayne Jenkins | Apr 30, 2009 8:04:56 AM suggests "stop using a potentially devastating pandemic as a political weapon against the food industry." And, back40acres | Apr 30, 2009 9:26:32 AM says "Go to Mexico, Help them educate about good hygiene".

Here in the US, the National Pork Board asked all producers to take a number of steps to reduce the risk of avian-to-swine influenza transmission such as better the better hygiene back40acres suggests. However, according to the board's director of veterinary science, we do not know if Mexican producers follow the same precautions.

So it is time to open the window into INTERNATIONAL food production processes. Even though America does not import live pigs from Mexico, there is an active international transfer of all kinds of animal products, including food components, animal waste, offal, and feed made from rendered animals. Some of it is imported from Asia or Europe - it's impossible to be completely "biosecure".

Here in the US, the pork industry has been working for nearly a year to set up a new monitoring and rapid animal-identification system for emerging swine flu strains in the U.S. herd. Consumers in California recently voted in new humane regulations for CAFOs.

American corporations moving south of the boarder to build massive confinement facilities should not be able to circumvent regulations or cut costs with poor sanitation. The international goal should be a healthier environment for animals, workers, and better control over the viral mixing bowls at pig and chicken operations.

Me? I'm still buying local, supporting smaller farms raising animals using less intensive processes.

In less than 7 days this is coast to coast, I can't help but believe this virus is manufactured and loosed in strategic poplulations to get it to this point.

One of the major complaints about the MSM is that the reporters really don't know what they are reporting about and the information they give is either wrong, irrelevant or redundant. For Exhibit A on news reports that are lacking in useful information and demonstrate what a twit too many reporters are, see above.

Then there are those who are the receptacles for the screws that the aforementioned twits are administering. For wingnuts that think somehow calling a flu virus H1N1 rather than swine flu or vice versa makes one bit of difference, see above. And people wonder why the US is becoming a third world nation.

Despite the fact that the CDC WEBSITE still titles the section dealing with H1N1 "Swine Influenza (Flu)", Dr. Bessor's comments to NPR April 29 regarding his sudden avoidance of the term make a great deal of sense. People have jumped to the erroneous conclusion that eating pork is hazardous (hence the economic cosequences highlighted above); they are also likely to assume tha avoiding pork products will keep them safe.

The Pew Commission has one thing on it's agenda, That is to Stop All Forms of Modern Farming Practices. If they want to do some good. Go to Mexico, Help them educate about good hygene.
Soap & water may have stopped the virus. They could use some water, Have you been there. Have you requested, Where do you have water so I can clean up. Are they cleaning up after themselves. Vast majority of Americans can be fooled into what PEW & HSUS think is the best for all people. As a small livestock producer, I've raised these animals both ways. (cattle & hogs - Old building & New Buildings)
I would not go back to old methods. ANIMALS ARE HEALTHIER Today ! The old method you can not clean the buildings. New Buildings today can be cleaned. Records Speak for themselves.
It's ALL About HYGENE ! The next time you go to Mexico ask to clean up with water ? You'll be suprised how many places do not have water.

vice president in charge, joey biden said on the today show this am that everyone should avoid all forms of public transportation. he said that's what he'd tell his family. this cat's no fool. he knows who butters his bread. he would not get near an airplane, bus, subway, train, taxi, ferry because the pig flu is so wide spread.lide he said millions are going to die. stay home.

Obama has stopped using the term "Swine Flu" because it is not accurate, this is a combination of bird, swine and human flu. It is only if people acknowledge this and stop using a potentialy devestating pandemic as a political weapon against the food industry (which by the way is disgusting and certainly needs looking at)what we really need is accurate info on what to do to keep ourselves and loved ones safe, not scare mongering from people with their own agenda.

>>The common, regular seasonal flu kills just over 36,000 people in the U.S. every year (over 13,000 since Jan. '09), and between 250,000 and 500,000 worldwide each year.

Only half right. Seasonal flus, plural, kill 36,000 in the US. Meanwhile, H1H1 -- just one flu -- has already killed roughly one hundred (maybe more) in less than a month. If it spreads and kills exponentially, as most flus do, H1N1 could be a lethal epidemic.

Also, for the cynics out there, don't be lulled into complacency this summer if H1N1 seems to dissipate. That would actually follow the pattern of the Hong Kong flu in '68, which emerged, went into hiding, then peaked in the fall and winter.

But no one knows what will happen. We're just in the first pages of chapter one.

H1N1 is a technical term that best describes the flu we are dealing with. It has very little to do with pigs anymore. Its potential to be deadly is because humans have not been exposed to anything like it before. It has the potential to be one of two things - which would be more clear if the Mexicans got their act together and collected some data.

1.) a "bad", but regular old flu. Not fun, and it will kill some people, but nothing like doom-sayers are talking about.

2.) it could be a terribly virulent form of the virus (think SARS and bird flu). In this case, the danger is that your immune system can go ballistic after infection. In many cases the immune system's overreaction is what actually kills the patient. This is what we don't want, and what Obama is trying to call a "worst case scenario".

Given that antiviral drugs are in short supply and a vaccine could at soonest be fast-tracked in 4 months or more, lets hope it is #1!