In article > ,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> Dimitri wrote:
> > Get ready!
> >
> > IMHO there are going to be some pretty good pork prices in our near future.
> >
>
> Or.... they could decide to slaughter a bunch of livestock and burn the
> carcasses like they did with foot and mouth a few years back.
>
>
> I was listening to a program on the radio yesterday that reported there
> is no link to pigs,

And I read that there *is* a link to pigs, as well as birds.

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/general_info.htm

> You don't get the virus from pigs.

Yes you do. Well, maybe not *you*. I have no pigs in my house, or my
yard. I'm safe. You can only catch the flu from a pig that has the
flu, and that you have contact with. Don't let them sneeze on you!
Note that pigs can and do contract the human flu virus also.

> You cannot get it
> from eating the meat. There is nothing to be worried about with pork
> products.

Correct. And if you want to be absolutely, for sure, safe, cooking the
meat to 160F will kill any virus.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA