Swine Flu 2: Electric Boogaloo - China is Back with a Sequel

[6souls]

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53218704

China is introducing a sequel to the Swine Flu.

A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists.

It emerged recently and is carried by pigs, but can infect humans, they say.

The researchers are concerned that it could mutate further so that it can spread easily from person to person, and trigger a global outbreak.

While it is not an immediate problem, they say, it has "all the hallmarks" of being highly adapted to infect humans and needs close monitoring.

As it's new, people could have little or no immunity to the virus.

The virus, which the researchers call G4 EA H1N1, can grow and multiply in the cells that line the human airways.

They found evidence of recent infection starting in people who worked in abattoirs and the swine industry in China.

Current flu vaccines do not appear to protect against it, although they could be adapted to do so if needed.

[Zealot]

Come the fuck on China, come ON.

[Athas]

What, no Babe reference for the new thread?

[Anoat]

I’ll never eat General Tso’s again

Probably

[6souls]

I’ll never eat General Tso’s again

Probably

Sesame chicken is the way of the future, mane.

[Vaspinne]

Current flu vaccines do not appear to protect against it, although they could be adapted to do so if needed.

So is this like covid in that "it'll take a year in the best case scenario to get a vaccine" sort of deal, or should we be somewhat more optimistic about it?

[milez]

Is electric boogaloo an inside joke or something?

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[6souls]

Is electric boogaloo an inside joke or something?

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I see you're new to the internet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brea...ctric_Boogaloo

It means a sequel to something that should have never deserved a sequel.

[Dimmauk]

Yeah but Breakin 2 was better than the original.

[Heavencloud]

RIP all pigs in china

[vagus]

God dammit!


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[Salodin]

So is this like covid in that "it'll take a year in the best case scenario to get a vaccine" sort of deal, or should we be somewhat more optimistic about it?

Itll take about a year, like the yearly flu vaccine if what they say is true and that vaccine is pretty basic as far as we know how to adjust it and produce it quickly and in volume. Covid will take 12-18months to get a working vaccine ready for mass deployment, and that's with all hands on deck and multiple companies working on different versions so whoever gets lucky and made the best one wins.

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[Dimmauk]

Why does this keep happening in China?

[Buffy]

Why does this keep happening in China?

Because of the ridiculously huge number of pigs in China.

[NotGreyheim]

Maybe now people will start to understand what it's like to be afraid of being killed by pigs.

[Outlaw]

Can we just combine all these disaster threads into one megathread? 2020: Apocalypse Now.

[Rhyis.]

At some point a crazy leader is gonna try to nuke China to save themselves from the virrums

[Infini]

Ah shit here we go again....

[tyven]

Maybe now people will start to understand what it's like to be afraid of being killed by pigs.

I like this

[6souls]

Maybe now people will start to understand what it's like to be afraid of being killed by pigs.