This is a rebuttal to the central claim of <http://www.infowars.com/swine-flu-is-deadly-mix-of-never-before-seen-viruses/comment-page-3/>. It's an edited version of the comment I posted there.
Jones quotes John Carlo as saying, “This strain of swine influenza that’s been cultured in a laboratoryis something that’s not been seen anywhere actually in the United States and the world, so this is actually a new strain of influenza that’s been identified,”. Jones asks, “Was this a slip-up or an admission that this new super-strain of swine influenza was deliberately cultured in a laboratory and released?” No, it is neither one. In order to sequence the genes of a virus to learn more about it, you generally need to take a swab and then culture the virus from the swab in a laboratory before doing the sequencing. That’s what he was talking about. If you doubt this, don’t take my word for it; talk to anybody who works in a pathology lab about what’s involved in identifying viruses. Then you, Mr. Jones, should call the guy up and ask if that’s what he was talking about (according to Google, the phone number of Dr. Carlo’s medical office is +1 214-819-2023) and then issue a retraction. Then, in the future, you should call people up *first* to confirm your speculations as to what they might have meant *before* you publish articles accusing them of being complicit in suicidal mass murder conspiracies. Kragen Javier Sitaker -- To unsubscribe: http://lists.canonical.org/mailman/listinfo/kragen-tol
