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Originally Posted by Banshee
Australia has a completely different climate and a half a world away. As well the swine they raise is a different variety of pig or pigs. When you have a pig population in a certain geographical location (USA), it may or may not spread to others (Australia) unless a traveler from USA transmitted it to the pig stock in Australia. Remember SARS in China which was a huge concern? H151 Avian flu? Those mainly affected the Aisian sector from my recollection and were a serious threat here with no real issue in the US. If I remember, an epidemic effects a certain geographical area of the world, a pandemic effects the entire world.
An epidemic could be a pandemic if not controlled or addressed.
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just so we're clear, everyone realizes you can't catch H1N1 from pigs right? Lets not freak out like Egypt and start killing off pigs (tis what happens when idiots are in charge of government)