Swine Flu?!

Word is going around about a "swine flu", something you can get from eating pork from infected pigs. I, on the other hand, do not eat pork (thank god) but I know some people who do. And Im sure, you guys want to know what the swine fu is. So, I googled it.

Swine Influenza (Flu)

Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly cause outbreaks of influenza among pigs. Swine flu viruses do not normally infect humans, however, human infections with swine flu do occur, and cases of human-to-human spread of swine flu viruses has been documented.


From December 2005 through February 2009, a total of 12 human infections with swine influenza were reported from 10 states in the United States. Since March 2009, a number of confirmed human cases of a new strain of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in California, Texas, and Mexico have been identified.

source: Centers For Disease Control And Prevention