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The Swine Flu Now at Pandemic Alert Phase 5. What Does that Mean

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Pandemic Alert Phases

In nature, influenza viruses circulate continuously among animals. Even though such viruses might theoretically develop into pandemic viruses, in
Phase 1 no viruses circulating among animals have been reported to cause infections in humans.
In Phase 2 an animal influenza virus circulating among domesticated or wild animals is known to have caused infection in humans, [...]

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