Swine Flu is actually a strand of a flu virus called H1N1. This H1N1 is a mutation of the swine flu virus. Pigs typically carry this strand of virus. This virus generally will not kill pigs. Humans rarely contract swine flu. Swine flu can not be caught by eating pork products. Swine flu is only contracted via air born. The current strand (2009) is assumed to have started near Mexico city at a pig farm owned by a US company. However, no pigs were have to been found in the H1N1 virus. Closed areas are places were swine flu can spread rapidly.  read more »