I'm not an epidemiologist or virlogist, however, something is very, very wrong. The current swine flu virus is a three strain hybrid combining human, avian and pig strains. Two strain mutations are uncommon and the three strain mutation, as it manifested, is simply not a naturally occuring disease.
Typically flu viruses originate in Asia, this one started in central Mexico City. A more logical progression would have been a genisis in a rural area which then spread to the cities.
Here is an interesting tidbit from an article by the University of Minnesota, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. (Link: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/news/jan1404hybrids.html )
Excerpt: "Jan 14, 2004 (CIDRAP News) – One of the worst fears of infectious disease experts is that the H5N1 avian influenza virus now circulating in parts of Asia will combine with a human-adapted flu virus to create a deadly new flu virus that could spread around the world.
That could happen, scientists predict, if someone who is already infected with an ordinary flu virus contracts the avian virus at the same time. The avian virus has already caused at least 48 confirmed human illness cases in Asia, of which 35 have been fatal. The virus has shown little ability to spread from person to person, but the fear is that a hybrid could combine the killing power of the avian virus with the transmissibility of human flu viruses.
Now, rather than waiting to see if nature spawns such a hybrid, US scientists are planning to try to breed one themselves—in the name of preparedness.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will soon launch experiments designed to combine the H5N1 virus and human flu viruses and then see how the resulting hybrids affect animals. The goal is to assess the chances that such a "reassortant" virus will emerge and how dangerous it might be.
CDC officials confirmed the plans for the research as described recently in media reports, particularly in a Canadian Press (CP) story.
Two ways to make hybridsThe plans call for trying two methods to create hybrid viruses, CDC spokesman David Daigle told CIDRAP News via e-mail. One is to infect cells in a laboratory tissue culture with H5N1 and human flu viruses at the same time and then watch to see if they mix. For the human virus, investigators will use A (H3N2), the strain that has caused most human flu cases in recent years, according to the CP report.
The other method is reverse genetics—assembling a new virus with sets of genes from the H5N1 and H3N2 viruses. Reverse genetics has already been used to create H5N1 candidate vaccines in several laboratories, according to Daigle. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said recently it would soon launch a clinical trial of one of those vaccines.
Of the two methods, the co-infection approach was described as slower and more laborious, though closer to what happens in nature.
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So, the CDC has been screwing around with dangerous hybrids since 2004 and earlier (1997).
The larger questions are: What government would benefit the most from an outbreak of this type? and What nations are scummy enough to launch a viral attack that could kill millions of people?
There is also the issue that this virus concentrates it's attack on the most healthy instead of the most weak. Flu fatalities tend to usually be either the old or the very young. The current Swine Flu strain is having very bad effects on those in the 20-50 year old age group.
We should also consider the financial aspect of this. Our government has a stockpile of 50 million doses of flu vaccine which needs to be periodically replaced. A worldwide man-made pandemic could be a windfall for certain companies who produce these flu vaccines. (This also includes businesses that produce anti-viral drugs)
As I say, I'm not sure what the big picture is, but this latest Swine Flu outbreak is no accident.
(Time to bone up on the Book of Revelation)
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