I’m just very glad that Mexican authorities are taking extreme precautions. A chance of a pandemic is no joke, especially in such highly dense population areas like Mexico D.F.
Here is some interesting history taken from wikipedia search of “swine flu”
”Outbreaks in humans
Swine flu has been reported numerous times as a zoonosis in humans, usually with limited distribution, rarely with a widespread distribution. The 1918 flu pandemic in humans was associated with H1N1,[35] thus may reflect a zoonosis either from swine to humans or from humans to swine. Evidence available from that time is not sufficient to resolve this question. The “Spanish” influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 infected one third of the world’s population (or ≈500 million persons at that time) and caused ≈50 million deaths.[35]”
The important point is to reduce the chance of polymorphism of the virus.
”..the swine flu can also infect swine and acquire more polymorphisms that could lead to increased virulence.”
However, the media does take advantage and scare the shit out of people. The virus does not transmit through food.
Can people catch swine flu from eating pork?
No. Swine influenza viruses are not transmitted by food. You can not get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork and pork products is safe. Cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160°F kills the swine flu virus as it does other bacteria and viruses.”