Swine flu outbreak

[Somebodyimportant1]

Is anyone else wondering or bothered or is it just me?

A few weeks ago, swine flu was discovered and it's of birds were culled. I have not heard anything on the news about it and wondering if it is safe to eat any type of bird. & wondering why nothing is being said about it. Have they decided to keep things quiet because they Dont want farmers to lose money?

[dementedpixie]

Is it not bird flu rather than swine flu?
It is on the BBC news site and anyone with birds have to keep them in now

[dementedpixie]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55201167

[ChequerBoard]

Eh? I think you have a few crossed wires. There is outbreak of avian or bird flu. It is nothing to do with swine flu.

[dementedpixie]

Swine = pigs

[WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants]

Are you seeing flying pigs?

[Grobagsforever]

What are you wanting to cook with the swine @Somebodyimportant1 ? I think the flu will die in a oven.

[EarringsandLipstick]

@dementedpixie

Swine = pigs

😂😂😂

[Somebodyimportant1]

🤔🤔🤔 well, all I can recall a few weeks ago was that a form of avian or swine flu broke out and it was reported that over 1500 turkeys would be culled somewhere on the southeast of England

[DreamingOfSummer1]

Swine flu is pigs. Turkeys are not pigs, they’re birds.

[PleasantVille]

If swine flu has jumped species to turkeys we're in serious (pig) hit.

I do remember reading about some kind of avian flu recently, possibly an isolated case. Have you tried a Google search?

[Blacktothepink]

It was bird flu.

[Santababy56]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55201167

The link that dementedpixie put up pretty much explains it.

Calm down everybody and read t'link. I think bird flu is the least of our worries right now, unless you're a poultry farmer of course.

[dementedpixie]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-55376822

A more updated link. Seems some wild birds affected too. The strain doesn't seem to have affected humans though which is good.

[AgnesNaismith]

Fuck the tiers, if no one can have pigs in blankets there’ll be riots.

[dementedpixie]

Bird flu strains (H5N2, H5N8, H5N5, H5N1) - don't tend to infect people
Swine flu is H1N1 and does infect humans

[RoseAndRose]

@WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants

Are you seeing flying pigs?

Regularly

They're always marinaded in gin