Flu Factories: Tracing the Origins of the Swine Flu Pandem

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Arm yourself with information—see this video to get the facts on swine flu. Buy it now. ©The HSUS In this one-hour presentation, Dr. Greger explores the role factory farming played in the emergence of the current flu pandemic, which has likely infected more than a million Americans. The swine-origin H1N1 virus is a poignant example of how the treatment of animals can have global public health implications. Click on a "chapter" of the video to view it, and check back as we put additional chapters online. For higher quality video, this presentation is available on DVD at a special discounted rate. 1. Introduction 2. 1918 Pandemic 3. Swine Flu Stable for 80 Years 4. North Carolina, 1998 5. Triple Hybrid Mutant 6. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza 7. Pork and Poultry Industrialization 8. Strep suis 9. Nipah Virus 10. Ebola in Pigs 11. Mad Cow Disease 12. Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria 13. Acceleration of Human Influenza 14. Aquatic Virus to Airborne Flu 15. Harmless to Deadly 16. Emergence of the 1918 Flu 17. Poultry Industry Response to Bird Flu 18. Intensification of the North Carolina Pork Industry 19. Factor 1: Sheer Numbers 20. Factor 2: Geographic Density 21. Factor 3: Overcrowding 22. Factor 4: Stress 23. Meat Industry Defense of Intensive Confinement 24. Factor 5: Lack of Adequate Fresh Air 25. Factor 6: Lack of Adequate Sunlight 26. Factor 7: Cesspools of Waste 27. Factor 8: Preponderance of Disease Vectors 28. Factor 9: Pharmacological Crutch 29. Factor 10: Long-Distance Transport 30. Family Farms to Factory Farms 31. What if Swine Flu Combines with Bird Flu? 32. Factory Farm Moratorium 33. Pandemic Prevention 34. The Meat Industry Responds 35. Single Biggest Human Disaster 36. Banning Gestation Crates 37. Pork Industry Response to Swine Flu 38. Industry Cover-Up 39. Conclusion 40. Additional Resources Buy the "Flu Factories" DVD now! Michael Greger, M.D., is director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture in the farm animals section of Humane Society International. An internationally recognized lecturer, Dr. Greger has presented at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, testified before Congress, and was an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous "meat defamation" trial. His recent scientific publications in American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Critical Reviews in Microbiology, and the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Public Health explore the public health implications of industrialized animal agriculture, and his latest book, the acclaimed Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching, is now available full-text at no cost at birdflubook.org. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine.