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Swine flu outbreak

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Somebodyimportant1 · 19/12/2020 22:45

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?

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RoseAndRose · 20/12/2020 08:39

@WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants

Are you seeing flying pigs?

Regularly

They're always marinaded in gin
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dementedpixie · 20/12/2020 08:37

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

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AgnesNaismith · 20/12/2020 08:30

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

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dementedpixie · 20/12/2020 08:26

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.

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Santababy56 · 20/12/2020 05:18

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.

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Blacktothepink · 20/12/2020 05:14

It was bird flu.

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PleasantVille · 20/12/2020 05:11

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?

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DreamingOfSummer1 · 20/12/2020 05:02

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

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Somebodyimportant1 · 20/12/2020 05:01

🤔🤔🤔 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

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EarringsandLipstick · 19/12/2020 23:19

@dementedpixie

Swine = pigs

😂😂😂
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Grobagsforever · 19/12/2020 22:59

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

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WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 19/12/2020 22:50

Are you seeing flying pigs?

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dementedpixie · 19/12/2020 22:49

Swine = pigs

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ChequerBoard · 19/12/2020 22:48

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.

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dementedpixie · 19/12/2020 22:48
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dementedpixie · 19/12/2020 22:46

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

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