Since my telephone conversation with Chris about the swine flu hysteria in South East Asia only a few days have passed. But it was this talk and the fact that we have got this colostrum flu study that made me decide to jump on this subject and work on a little series. This starts with a search, of course. And this is what I did or better currently do. Since then I am afraid to drown 
… in articles. The data is massive, the conclusions not conclusive and the whole subject under drift, shift or flux, one name it.
The topic is extremely interesting because it turns out to be a densely intertwined mixture of science and politics, views, facts and fictions. A mold of this kind is prone to raise panic.
First, I thought I need to have an idea about the virus as such. What is the role of the swine in this game? We have the bird flu, we have the swine flu, the Spanish one, the one from Hong Kong. Influenza infections are always around out there but it becomes an issue, if they become pandemic and lethal. The terminology for us who are not familiar with this virus family is definitely confusing. We think we get bird flu from birds and swine flu from pigs. Wrong, so it seems. Continue Reading →