New Swine Flu Virus Mutation Has Been Confirmed
Posted on 26. Nov, 2011 by Louise MacLean in Lifestyle
The CDC has found a new version of the swine flu virus that killed 8000 people globally in 2009/2010.
November 26, 2011- The Centers for Disease Control confirmed a new swine flu virus has been found and three cases of the new virus have been confirmed. The virus originated in pigs, but spread person to person between three children in Iowa.
Nevertheless, a flu expert for the CDC, Arnold Monto said, “There is not any reason to think a new pandemic is starting.” He added, “In my opinion, this is not a matter to worry about at this particular time. The flu is known to get into humans on occasion, transmit for one or two generations and stop.”
In the last two years, the CDC has registered 18 cases of the new form of virus that is a strain of Influenza A known by the formula S-OtrH3N2. With only 18 cases over a two-year period, it suggests that the virus does not spread easily or quickly, said a spokesperson from the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
These new viruses, says medical experts, may only be found today because of the increased technology in the U.S. Medical labs operated by the state that have better technological capabilities now than ten years and can spot novel viruses better.
In 2009, the H1N1 flu pandemic started after viruses mutated to start a new strain that no one had ever encountered prior therefore, leaving all vulnerable to the viruses’ infection. Just over 8000 people died out of 6.6 billion people around the world making it a 0.000001 percent chance of the infection being fatal, yet billions of dollars were doled out for flu vaccines. Many of the top executives in the World Health Organization (who instigated the 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic) also have roles on boards of the major pharmaceutical companies that profited from the outbreak.
