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Why is H1N1 influenza called "swine flu"?

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It's called swine flu because in the past, the people who caught it had direct contact with pigs

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Jamiyla answered Dec 27, 2021

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...~It's called swine flu because in the past, the people who caught it had direct contact with pigs.~...

Hope I helped!~

-Koko

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