Swine Flu - We're all going to die

Well the confirmed cases have jumped up to 85 at this current moment, Its kind of alarming to see how many new cases are popping up since only a couple of days ago there were only 19. Thankfully, there have been no cases of swine flue in my home province of Newfoundland. Alberta on the other hand, which is where I'm to right now have 15 cases of the swine flu at this moment.

Who knows, I could have it, I've been fighting a horrible cough over the last couple of days. I'm not going to get paranoid about like every body else has. The camp I'm staying at is being really strict about it, because since this camp holds about 2700 people, we have a lot of guys coming back on their holidays down south especially Mexico. So we were provided a notice by our employer is that anytime we fly home if we come down with any kind of sickness while we're home, they encourage us to stay home for another week till you feel better in fear of the swine flu. I'll just take a wait and see approach. That's all I can do.

In terms of other swine flu related news, this little tidbit happened in canada today.

Alberta Pigs likely infected with swine flu

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In what would be the first reported case of its kind, a farm worker with the swine flu virus is believed to have infected about 200 pigs in Alberta, a top official with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Saturday.

Dr. Brian Evans, executive vice-president of the CFIA, said at a news conference in Ottawa that the pigs were apparently infected by a farm worker who had recently been in Mexico and fell ill upon his return.

The worker returned from Mexico on April 12 and worked at the Alberta farm two days later. He "may have exposed pigs there to the illness," Evans told reporters.

The man has since recovered. The pigs are also recovering and the herd in question has been quarantined, he said. Samples from the infected pigs are being analyzed.

"We have found the virus is the one being tracked in the human population," Evans said. About 10 per cent of the 2,200 pigs at the farm exhibited flu-like symptoms such as loss of appetite or fever, he said.

"I want to be clear — there is no food safety concern related to this finding," said Evans.

It is common for pigs to contract influenza, he said. But this is the first known case of the H1N1 virus being transmitted from humans to pigs.

Normally, detecting influenza in pigs wouldn't generate a response from food safety officials, but with an international flu outbreak the current circumstances are different, Evans said.

"The chance that these pigs could transfer virus to a person is remote," said Evans.

The outbreak among pigs, he said, was confined to the herd in question as none of the pigs have been moved outside the farm or sold elsewhere.

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