Scientists believe that somewhere in the world, months or even a year ago, a pig virus jumped to a human and mutated, and has been spreading between humans ever since. Unlike with bird flu, doctors have no evidence suggesting a direct pig-to-human infection from this strain, which is why they haven't recommended killing pigs.
Cordova has suggested the virus can be beaten if caught quickly and treated properly. But it was neither caught quickly nor treated properly in the early days in Mexico, which lacked the capacity to identify the virus, and whose health care system has become the target of widespread anger and distrust.
Swine flu has symptoms nearly identical to regular flu â fever, cough and sore throat â and spreads like regular flu, through tiny particles in the air, when people cough or sneeze. People with flu symptoms are advised to stay at home, wash their hands and cover their sneezes.
While epidemiologists stress it is humans, not pigs, who are spreading the disease
I was trying to find the article that i was reading earlier and it explained why there's so much media on the swine flu. It said why this could end up being pandemic was its a new virus, with the flu, people have built up immunities to help fight the flu. yes the regular flu kills thousands each year mainly effecting the elderly and people with weaker immune systems etc... thats why each flu season they stress for the elderly and anyone at risk to get their flu shots. Now with something new and very much unknowned theres many possiblities what could happen with the swine flu and no one has built up immunities to it because its new. So it got out of hand in Mexico because they lack the capacity to identify the virus.
