Bird flu variant found in Nevada cows shows signs of adaptation to mammals (cnn.com)

> When two different flu viruses infect a cell at the same time, they can swap whole segments of their genomes to create hybrid viruses that may have dramatically different properties.

Wow, that’s pretty neat. Haven’t heard of this before. Is this typical of viruses or somewhat special to influenza?

all flu viruses that infect humans have made multiple passes from birds to mamals and back this has been known for generations, and accepted as inevitable (which it is), so the only information to gather , is why and who, is trying to make news.....oh right, big pharma in the spotlight panting, in antisipation of the next windfall tied to another attempt at total societal controll. Of course, if something truely virulent comes along, there is nothing we can do to stop it. As the most populous large animal to have ever existed, it is quite probable that we could face a real winnowing event, where the test crosses all political, racial, and national divides, and requires actual unhindered co operation to save our societies at the "level we have become accustomed to"