When parents take their children to the zoo, there are usually signs up saying things like “don’t feed the animals” or “avoid petting the animals.” For the most part, the signs are there for safety precautions that protect both people and the animals. However, for those who like to go to county fairs and pet the pigs, it would be in a person’s best interest not to pet the pigs.
That is the message health officials passed along to county and state visitors on Thursday because they reported a five-fold increase in cases dealing with a new strain of swine flu. The disease is passed from pigs to people and most of the cases seemed to be linked to fairs, most likely due to the fact that visitors tend to be in close contact with infected pigs.
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