Reply #102: If H5N1 jumps to the pigs, we are at a much higher risk of a pandemic

[tavalon]

That's why they thought the flu epidemic af 1917 was a swine flu. It wasn't, it was an avian flu but pig to human transmission of flu is much easier than bird to human as we have seen with this flu as well. And the 1917 flu shares so much with this current threat that some idiots reformulated the 1917 flu to study it. While I still feel the behavior was stupid, I see the necessity. This could potentially be the biggest pandemic ever so getting some knowledge ahead of time is priceless.