What is the difference between the regular seasonal flu and the swine flu?

The symptoms of both are the same and I'm guessing that having the swine flu is more severe, but does anybody know the difference?

In this case this latest "Swine" flu has been constructed in a lab with human, swine, and also not one but two different strains of North American and European bird flus. The "regular" flu I suppose is a virus that has naturally evolved.

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"The OMFG moment of the century: Illinois-based Baxter working on vaccine to 鈥檚top鈥?swine flu outbreak in Mexico 25 Apr 2009 Specialty drug maker Baxter International Inc. will work with the World Health Organization to develop a vaccine that could stem [foment] an outbreak of a deadly swine flu strain in Mexico. Baxter spokesman Christopher Bona said Saturday that the Deerfield, Ill.-based company has asked the WHO for a sample of the flu strain. He says Baxter has patented technology that allows the company to develop vaccines in half the time it usually takes 鈥?about 13 weeks instead of 26. [Is Baxter International taking a page from the Blackwater playbook? Just as Blackwater/Xe keep on killing to justify their multi-billion dollar contracts to provide 'security' in Iraq and Afghanistan, Baxter International is poised to make *billions* to vaccinate people against their pandemic.]

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Virus mix-up by lab could have resulted in pandemic [Uh, it apparently *did.*]

06 Mar 2009 It鈥檚 emerged that virulent H5N1 bird flu was sent out by accident from an Austrian lab [the Austrian branch of US vaccine company, Baxter] last year and given to ferrets in the Czech Republic before anyone realised. As well as the risk of it escaping into the wild, the H5N1 got mixed with a human strain, which might have spawned a hybrid that could unleash a pandemic.

鈥楾his was infected with a bird flu virus.鈥?Viral Pandemic H5N1 flu threat: Illinois-based Baxter contaminates European labs by error 25 Feb 2009 According to the scientific network PROMED, Baxter International Inc. in Austria 鈥渦nintentionally contaminated samples with the bird flu virus that were used in laboratories in 3 neighboring countries, raising concern about the potential spread of the deadly disease鈥? As PROMED reports, the contamination has been discovered when ferrets at a laboratory in the Czech Republic died after being inoculated with vaccine made from the samples early this month. 鈥淭he material came from Deerfield, Illinois-based Baxter, which reported the incident to the Austrian Ministry of Health, Sigrid Rosenberger, a ministry spokeswoman, said today in a telephone interview鈥? the network-alert-system is quoting. 鈥淭his was infected with a bird flu virus,鈥?Rosenberger said. 鈥淭here were some people from the company who handled it.鈥?br> 鈥楾hat mixing process, called reassortment, is one of two ways pandemic viruses are created.鈥?Baxter admits sending live avian flu viruses to subcontractor 鈥揚eople familiar with biosecurity rules are dismayed by evidence that human H3N2 and avian H5N1 viruses somehow co-mingled [!] in the Orth-Donau facility. 27 Feb 2009 The company that released contaminated flu virus material from a plant in Austria confirmed Friday that the experimental product contained live H5N1 avian flu viruses. And an official of the World Health Organization鈥檚 European operation said the body is closely monitoring the investigation into the events that took place at Baxter International鈥檚 research facility in Orth-Donau, Austria. [Source: The Canadian Press]

Spectre of pandemic 26 Apr 2009 The new strain contains gene sequences from North American and Eurasian swine flus, North American bird flu and North American human flu, according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of Mexico鈥檚 dead were young, healthy adults, and none was aged older than 60 or or younger than three, the World Health Organisation said. This has alarmed health officials鈥?Pandemic flus - like the 1918 Spanish flu and the 1957 and 1968 pandemics - often strike young, healthy people the hardest. Mexican officials promised a huge immunisation campaign in the capital this week. [The deadly vaccine program *ensures* a pandemic!]

CLG: Flu Kills The Torture Memos 鈥揑n a 鈥楬oly convenience, Batman!鈥?moment, a 鈥榰nique鈥?flu virus (one likely concocted in US Army labs) overtakes media coverage of revelations that the highest levels of the US government instructed the CIA (and private contractors) to torture terror suspects. By Lori Price 26 April 2009 Guess where the first swine flu outbreak occurred? That鈥檚 right, Fort Dix, New Jersey, in 1976. Thirteen soldiers died, leading the US government to force a questionable vaccine on the population 鈥?backed by a legal liability escape clause mandated by and for the pharma-terrorists. Next, people started dying not from the flu 鈥?but from the *vaccine.*"

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Edit: In response to the poster who said this flu is less deadly than the "regular" flu actually there are many flu virus and if you combine all the others yes they do kill more than this one construct variety. However this variety has a relatively high mortality rate. In Mexico the mortality rate was near 7 %. The Spanish Influenza for example had a mortality rate of something like 2.5%. So the hub ub is all about not letting this go pandemic as then the true toll will be in the millions.

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The difference is in it's genetic make up. The DNA is different. But again, viruses mutate extremely quickly, so they are constantly changing. Science can determine the "parentage" of some viruses. This is what helps in making vaccine etc. Your best bet for accurate information on this subject is www.cdc.gov., I have read some of the things that the news media has written, and several of them give very bad, incorrect information. Like someone else posted, contrary to popular belief, "regular old flu" kills about 300,000 to 500,000 people each year. The swine flu has been around for a very long time, and has not killed near that many. The instances of swine flu are already stabilizing, meaning, if everyone follows general common sense rules like hand washing, not touching the face etc. (things we should be doing every day) it is likely that the swine flu will soon be on the decline.

The regular seasonal flu or influenza is cause by 3 types of viruses in Humans influenza virus A-B and C cold temperatures lead to drier air which may dehydrate mucus preventing the body from effectively expelling virus particles the virus may linger longer on exposes surfaces doorknobs , countertops, phones and others surfaces. not the swine flu, the swine flu or also called Hog flu and pig flu because it comes from Pigs this strain of influenza has 2 of the human flu strain Influenza virus A and in rare occasions influenza virus C the B influenza virus has not been reported in the swine flu. the seasonal flu usually only last a few days. The swine flu last longer with more symptoms like chills,fever,sore throat,muscle pain,severe headaches, coughing and lot of discomfort and if not treated can be deadly. the difference is regular seasonal flu is a strain of 3 viruses a,b and c that only affect humans and is not deadly the Swine flu affect Pigs ,Hogs and the strain has only 2 of the human kind A and C virus not B and affect humans that are expose to pigs and hogs once the humans are affected they can pass it easily from human to human contact not by exposed surfaces like in seasonal flu. the 2009 flu outbreak in humans that is widely known as ''swine flu'' is due to a new strain of influenza A virus type H1N1. that now is affecting the world again wen it start in Mexico last week now in canada and western united states every country that raise swine meaning pigs or hogs this flu is common. good luck and keep safe to avoid contact with this virus just stay away from swine areas or people with symptoms.

The difference is that regular flu has been around for a while, and some people have either had it or been vaccinated, so not everyone exposed can catch it. The swine flu is new, so no one is immune. Even if the flu is mild, as predicted, there will be more deaths than normal because more people will catch the flu.

there isnt really much of a difference. after the avian flu epidemic people have just gone haywire. no need to worry. unless you went to mexico LOL God bless and lets keep the ones who are sick in our prayers. -livie

The only difference is that the annual flu kills 500,000 people every year, and the swine flu has only killed 148-ish... what's everyone freaking out about, anyway???

To Scarlet D, first person to answer,
you can actually die from seasonal flu too. Thousands of people die every year from it!

Go to this site, click on the video, it will tell you what your wanting to know.

I asked pretty much the same question, maybe some of my answers will help:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

You can actually die from the swine flu "(

once you get flu like symptoms
you must ring your doctor
not go there.

there isn't really much of a difference, people worry to much