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Swine Flu – Facts
Swine influenza – Swine influenza or swine flu is a respiratory disease in pigs caused by the type A H1N1 swine influenza virus (SIV). Humans in close proximity to swine could contract swine influenza if the swine are carrying the rare strain of the SIV that is capable of affecting humans.
Symptoms – Swine flu symptoms in humans are generally similar to regular flu (influenza) symptoms and include muscle pain, runny nose, sore throat, cough, headache, lack of appetite, fever, chills, and general weakness and discomfort. Other reported symptoms are nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
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Oaxaca Swine Flu – A Personal History and Some Thoughts As of May 3, 2009
We first heard about swine flu, (a.k.a. the H1N1 virus), on the news, April 24, 2009 — and worst of all there was mention of “Oaxaca,” where we live. Our house guest, John, a doctor from New York, had arrived the day before, on a bus from Mexico City. He had flown there from his hometown, waited in the airport, and then taken an eight hour bus ride to Oaxaca. There had been a traffic jam leaving the nation’s capital, so the normally six hour ride turned into eight. And the bus was jam packed.
John was stoic about it, but only until the next morning: “We’ve got to do something about this Mexican swine flu. I hear it began right here in Oaxaca, it’s rampant in Mexico City, and look where I just came from … a busy airport and a full day on a bus in closed quarters Let’s go get medication, right away.”
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