123. The Swine Flu
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It was September. People were getting sick all
the world. They were getting sick from the
. The flu was called H1N1. Some people called
swine flu. The swine farmers did not like
. They said, “Stop calling it swine flu. Swine
’t have the flu. You can’t get the flu
eating swine.” Swine are also called pigs. We
bacon and ham from pigs. We get pork
pigs. But we don’t get the flu from
. We get the flu from a virus. The
virus was making everyone sick. In October they
a new vaccine. The new vaccine protected most
from the virus. The people were happy. The
farmers were happy.
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