UK. 2009. Autumn.
The first wave of swine flu has left the population largely unscathed. It affected a few pockets but it was mostly harmless, raised temperature, sneezing, sore throats, aches and pains. But now, 6 months later, it's back and this time it's a real swine. The symptoms are worrying All over the UK as the normal symptoms of flu recede, people are developing new, previously unheard of aftereffect. Hard growths on their feet and hands bearing an alarming resemblance to trotters. They are getting hairier. Their noses are becoming flatter and damper. They develop a liking for rootling in allotments. And eating leftovers. Only those who caught the first wave of infection are now immune. They are the new still-human minority. They have to face a future of endless snorted conversations over the breakfast table, pig swill at every meal, the scent of pig sh*t always in the air and ....no bacon ever again