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Antigenic Shift - the Spread of a New, Mutated Virus

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Uploaded by on Apr 30, 2009

Only the influenza Type-A virus is capable of what is known as antigenic shift.
The current flu in circulation is an entirely new, mutated pathogen formed from elements of human, pig, and avian virus strains.
Overflowing with mutated viruses, the respiratory epithelial host cells of the pig eventually burst open and circulate the new flu virus into the susceptible human population.

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  • Thank God that there's a shift in the way people think. At least YouTubers... Is fear mongering dying? Are people smartening up? Will CNN and Fox still have a market?

    More people will die of falling down the stairs than of swine flu. More people will die of tripping and falling down a few feet than of swine flu. More people will die of CNN/Fox-induced fear-related cardiac infarction (heart attack).

    No, I'm not going to pin this victory to Obama's trophy wall, but I do support him.

  • I saw the Swine Flu on the news, so it must make you shit out all of your organs and make your limbs fall off.

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  • im going to start raising my own pork chops!

  • what is this tsunami or thunderstorm or antigenic shift. i m scared. lolllllllll...........

  • Beautiful animation fo such terrible desease. What microspe have you used?

  • @iamdmc ha, you honestly think that a pandemic strain of flu won't ever emerge? It will, it's a statistical certainty. Eventually, by pure chance, a reassortment will produce a highly virulent, high infectious strain that will kill a significant proportion of the planet's inhabitants.

  • lol "the pigs tell me they call it human flu" LOL!!

    this video freaks me out lol

  • It's not Swine flu it's H1N1 Swine flu, as opposed to other swine flus and other H1N1s.

    The pigs tell me they call it Human flu....

  • Atleast we won't turn into Zombies

  • I remember my microbiology class. Virus is really deadly and can stay dormant and they mutate very fast and become deadlier. Everyone will catch this virus and its just the matter when. You will get it and I will get it. The powerful and weak will catch this virus soon. Its like in the movies Resident evil and I am Legend. Business, schools, goverment building will close down and military will be reduced. We are doomed!

  • Very nice video, I tweeted about this one!

  • Can you say Smithfield Farms????Great Blog post, Newsweek (6/12/09) on the new Food, Inc movie, with comment by Robert Kennedy Jr explaining the total dominance of Smithfield in the pork industry (how all this yuckiness comes together in the first place). Important to read (and I will be sure NOT to purchase any products produced via this company

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