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Does eating pork cause the swine flu or transmit the disease?

April 26, 2017cause disease eating flu pork swine transmit

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Does eating pork cause the swine flu or transmit the disease?

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Swine flu spreads from infected pigs to humans in the same manner as it spreads from humans to humans. Infected humans can infect other humans and the pigs when they come in close contact with them. The swine flu or the influenza viruses are killed when the pork is cooked at temperatures around 167-212F or 75-100C. Hence it is safe to eat pork that has been cooked well. The origin of the swine flu infection has been a much debated topic. While many believe that swene flu spreads by eating pork, it actually is not so.