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You pretty much answered your own question. That is why its not called the Swine Flu any more. It is not in pigs, it has evolved from pigs. It is called the H1N1 virus because it attacks the hemagglutinin protein receptor (H1) and neuraminidase protein receptor. (N1) The swine flu has evolved and it is classified into many types such as the H3N1, H3N2, H1N1 viruses. The term swine flu has led to many countries, Egypt for example, to unecessarily slaughter thousands of pigs which have could have been kept alive (a little longer) for food, or manure or whatever else pigs are good for.

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