July 1, 2020
By Rachael Rettner
In the midst of COVID-19, (click here) the last thing we need is another pandemic. But scientists in China are now warning that they have identified a new flu virus in pigs that could possibly cause a future flu pandemic.
The virus, called G4 EA H1N1, is a genetic mix of the H1N1 "swine flu," which caused a flu pandemic in 2009, and other flu viruses. The study, published Monday (June 29) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found evidence that G4 EA H1N1 has infected workers on pig farms in China. But importantly, there is no indication that the virus spreads from person to person, according to CNN....
Let me clarify why the USA needs to be very vigilant regarding this virus. China currently OWNS pig farms in the USA. (click here)
Smithfield Farms sold their operations to China a few years ago. The pig FARMERS that supplied Smithfield Farms are in several states and they know who they are. There MUST BE STRICK STANDARDS IN REGARD TO THE PEOPLE AND SUPPLIES USED ON THESE FARMS.
China businessmen/women could easily carry this new virus into the USA and to the pig farms here. NOW, is the time to prevent infections making it into the USA and DEFINITELY control it to remain in China.
The National Academy of Science isn't publishing this for no reason, this is very important and the containment of any global spread is extremely important.
From the Proceedings:
Contributed by George F. Gao, April 28, 2020 (sent for review December 9, 2019; reviewed by Ian H. Brown and Xiu-Feng Henry Wan)
Pigs are intermediate hosts (click here) for the generation of pandemic influenza virus. Thus, systematic surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs is a key measure for prewarning the emergence of the next pandemic influenza. Here, we identified a reassortant EA H1N1 virus possessing pdm/09 and TR-derived internal genes, termed as G4 genotype, which has become predominant in swine populations since 2016. Similar to pdm/09 virus, G4 viruses have all the essential hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus. Of concern is that swine workers show elevated seroprevalence for G4 virus. Controlling the prevailing G4 EA H1N1 viruses in pigs and close monitoring in human populations, especially the workers in swine industry, should be urgently implemented.
These findings need to be expedited and they may have already been sent to the White House. If there is any evidence to this virus in the USA it will fall on the shoulders of the White House IF NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD.
No one in the scientific community has been sitting on their hands. This is from 2009.
A swine influenza virus (SIV) (click here) vaccine-challenge pig model was used to study the potential of a conserved matrix 2 (M2) protein vaccine alone or in combination with an inactivated H1N1-vaccine to protect against H1N1 and H1N2 viruses. The H1N1-vaccine and heterologous H1N2-challenge virus model has previously been shown to prolong fever and increase SIV-associated pneumonic lesions. The M2 vaccine in combination with the H1N1-vaccine reduced the H1N2 induced fever but not virus shedding. The M2 vaccine alone reduced respiratory signs and pneumonic lesions to levels similar to the negative control pigs following H1N2 infection. This study found that the M2 protein has potential as a vaccine for SIV-associated disease prevention. However, development of an immune response towards the major envelope HA protein was required to reduce SIV shedding
Smithfield Farms sold their operations to China a few years ago. The pig FARMERS that supplied Smithfield Farms are in several states and they know who they are. There MUST BE STRICK STANDARDS IN REGARD TO THE PEOPLE AND SUPPLIES USED ON THESE FARMS.
China businessmen/women could easily carry this new virus into the USA and to the pig farms here. NOW, is the time to prevent infections making it into the USA and DEFINITELY control it to remain in China.
The National Academy of Science isn't publishing this for no reason, this is very important and the containment of any global spread is extremely important.
From the Proceedings:
Contributed by George F. Gao, April 28, 2020 (sent for review December 9, 2019; reviewed by Ian H. Brown and Xiu-Feng Henry Wan)
Pigs are intermediate hosts (click here) for the generation of pandemic influenza virus. Thus, systematic surveillance of influenza viruses in pigs is a key measure for prewarning the emergence of the next pandemic influenza. Here, we identified a reassortant EA H1N1 virus possessing pdm/09 and TR-derived internal genes, termed as G4 genotype, which has become predominant in swine populations since 2016. Similar to pdm/09 virus, G4 viruses have all the essential hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus. Of concern is that swine workers show elevated seroprevalence for G4 virus. Controlling the prevailing G4 EA H1N1 viruses in pigs and close monitoring in human populations, especially the workers in swine industry, should be urgently implemented.
These findings need to be expedited and they may have already been sent to the White House. If there is any evidence to this virus in the USA it will fall on the shoulders of the White House IF NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD.
No one in the scientific community has been sitting on their hands. This is from 2009.
A swine influenza virus (SIV) (click here) vaccine-challenge pig model was used to study the potential of a conserved matrix 2 (M2) protein vaccine alone or in combination with an inactivated H1N1-vaccine to protect against H1N1 and H1N2 viruses. The H1N1-vaccine and heterologous H1N2-challenge virus model has previously been shown to prolong fever and increase SIV-associated pneumonic lesions. The M2 vaccine in combination with the H1N1-vaccine reduced the H1N2 induced fever but not virus shedding. The M2 vaccine alone reduced respiratory signs and pneumonic lesions to levels similar to the negative control pigs following H1N2 infection. This study found that the M2 protein has potential as a vaccine for SIV-associated disease prevention. However, development of an immune response towards the major envelope HA protein was required to reduce SIV shedding
