The Swine flu at this moment

May 20, 5:22 PMTampa Holistic Wellness ExaminerKC O'Dunn

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Since the mainstream media has shoved off to cover the last moments of America’s Next Top Model and the finals of the American Idol competitions, I want to bring you up to date on the Swine Flu. First of all it is important to understand that in the USA’s rush to make the naming of this virus politically correct and to protect the flagging pork industry, they settled on H1N1 virus. H1N1 is a group of viruses, influenza A(H1N1). 

 Viruses are not typical and change often so by using this general title for this virus, Public Health has dumbed us down. Other groups of influenza viruses are A(H3N2) and B/Yamagata and B/Victoria viruses but the list is massive and complicated. To call this virus H1N1 is like using the term car to categorize a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti. Yes it is a car but, there are many cars and among cars the 612 Scaglietti is most unique. This “swine flu” is an A(H1N1) but it is not the only A(H1N1) virus.

Since the alarms went off at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization, there have been 80 deaths among people who contracted this virus. It is not known how many of the 72 deaths of victims in Mexico were the result of the illness plus complications resulting from other conditions but the single death in Canada, the single death in Costa Rica, and the 6 deaths in the USA were suffered by people with contributing factors.