swine flu.

what the fuck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swine_flu

favorite sentence.
"The origins of this new strain remain unknown. One theory is that Asian and European strains traveled to Mexico in migratory birds or in people, then combined with North American strains in Mexican pig factory farms before jumping over to farm workers.[38] The Mexican health agency acknowledged that the original disease vector of the virus may have been flies multiplying in manure lagoons of pig farms near Perote, Veracruz, owned by Granjas Carroll,[39] a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods.[40]"