California swine flu alert. (Anons just KNEW this state would kill us all eventually!)

"There was an outbreak of flu at the Mid-State Fair. Was a pig responsible?"

August 04, 2018 10:17 AM

Health officials are investigating whether a pig at the California Mid-State Fair was responsible for an outbreak of influenza in San Luis Obispo County.

The county public health department has learned of several people who have tested positive for the influenza virus after having “extended contact with pigs at the Mid-State Fair,” according to a county statement.

The state departments of public health and food and agriculture have been informed of the investigation.

“At this time, the public health department does not have any laboratory confirmation that the cases are linked to pigs,” according to the county. “In each of the laboratory-confirmed local cases of influenza being investigated, patients have recovered on their own within several days.”

Officials said the strain that possibly came from a pig may be different from the strains that typically emerge during flu season, but the treatment method is the same.

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article216105140.html