LovingTheChaos
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Doh! Maybe Mexico should have shut their border! Scientist think swine flu may have originated in the US. I wonder if this is why it is not so deadly here, maybe our people have more immunities to this strain (I am not an expert). According to the article below, they've been tracking it back to 1998.
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-30-cdc-swine-strain/
CDC: swine flu strain has genetic roots in U.S.A
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113876438075685.html
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-30-cdc-swine-strain/
CDC: swine flu strain has genetic roots in U.S.A
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113876438075685.html
A picture is now emerging of how U.S. and Mexican officials, with a key assist from a Canadian government lab, first realized they faced a new type of disease and began racing to isolate its earliest origins. Until recently, Mexico was widely assumed to be ground zero. Now, however, some California doctors are questioning that.
The four earliest confirmed cases are divided evenly between California and Mexico. In fact, it appears two children in California got sick in late March, several days before the first two known Mexico cases in early April.
This is the original article from New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227063.800-swine-flu-the-predictable-pandemic.html?full=true
The four earliest confirmed cases are divided evenly between California and Mexico. In fact, it appears two children in California got sick in late March, several days before the first two known Mexico cases in early April.
This is the original article from New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227063.800-swine-flu-the-predictable-pandemic.html?full=true