Just a Thought

[youxu]

For people who know me REALLY well, I am either cynical or naive. I know I can be both. And here's an example: when H1N1 started to show on news media and one of the first hear-say comments/sources said something like the genome sequence of H1N1 is a mixture sharing similarity with avian, swine and human influenza virus, guess what my first

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[iayork]

Influenza viruses reassort fairly regularly. The particular swine/human/avian triple reassortment is the normal swine flu that's been circulating in North America for at least then years. The triple reassortment appeared around 1998 and displaced other swine flu strains then.

In other words, the triple reassortment thing is a complete red herring -- it's not at all unusual for swine flu. This is influenza virus, business as usual.

[rednekkid]

That sounds exactly like the sort thing the person actually responsible for a genetic lab leakage would say...