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One of the Maine cases took part in the Cumberland County pig scramble.

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Video of Oct 1 Cumberland County pig scramble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfHLEMCNfvk

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CUMBERLAND, Maine — The Cumberland County Fair is kicking off for the 140th year.

The fair in Cumberland gets under way Sunday and runs through Oct. 1.

It’s the largest agricultural event in the county, known for its agricultural exhibits, pig scrambles, giant pumpkin-growing contest and harness racing.

There’s also music, plenty of food, carnival rides and livestock events.

This year there will also be lawnmower races.

http://bangordailynews.com/2011/09/25/n ... 40th-year/

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Note that the fair ended Oct 1 and the above video is of the scamble on Oct 1. That is six days prior to disease onset for the first case in Maine and three weeks prior to disease onset for the second case.

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The boys' pig scramble at the Cumberland Fair in Cumberland, Maine, on Oct. 1, 2011. All 20 entrants (10 boys, 10 girls) in the pig scramble got a free copy of the new children's book, "The Pig Scramble," written by Jessica Kinney and illustrated by Sarah Brannen (published by Islandport Press).

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Typical influenza incubation period is 2 days, with a range of 1-4 days.

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The two cases in Maine illustrate the power of suggestion and heavily biased testing.
These two cases had a milder flu, as do many others in Maine. However, since these had a swine "exposure" they went to the Dr and were tested even though the dates of the exposure were off. Once one case was positive, the other was tested even though the fair had ended weeks earlier.

Thus, the swine "exposure' drove the testing even though the exposure was too early to have caused the infections.

The agriculture department is testing symptomatic swine. First set of testing was negative. More results expected at end of this week.

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The pig scramble was at 9 AM on Oct 1 and open to Cumberland County residents

9:00 a.m. Pig Scramble (entry completed in Main office by 7 p.m. Thursday September 30th) Pig Scramble entries must be
Cumberland County residents. Drawing prior to event.
*Islandport Press giving copies of book by Maine Author The Pig Scramble to all entrants*
http://www.cumberlandfair.com/images/st ... hedule.pdf

Video of Oct 1 pig scramble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfHLEMCNfvk

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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11151 ... amble.html

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Niman

This pig scramble looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for the amusing link.

If this is a full blown flu pandemic then I say we need more of them. This strain seems very mild and has really curtailed H1N1. Got to be a good thing.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-inf ... s-die.html?