{"id":143,"date":"2011-04-06T11:31:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T11:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2022-11-07T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:15:26","slug":"swine-flu-spherical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/gallery\/swine-flu-spherical","title":{"rendered":"Swine Flu (spherical)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"ngg-galleria-parent nextgen_pro_slideshow\"\n     data-id=\"83c237f65a8d680f9c034be40a9c64a7\"\n     id=\"displayed_gallery_83c237f65a8d680f9c034be40a9c64a7\">\n\t<div class=\"ngg-galleria\"><\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"ngg-galleria-offscreen-seo-wrapper\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/wp-content\/gallery\/swine-flu-spherical\/RoundSwinedetail_0002.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/wp-content\/gallery\/swine-flu-spherical\/RoundSwinedetail_0002.jpg\"\n           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alt=\"Swineflu_art_0001\" width=\"795\" height=\"500\" style=\"max-width:795px;max-height:500px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/wp-content\/gallery\/swine-flu-spherical\/Swineflu_art_0001.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/wp-content\/gallery\/swine-flu-spherical\/Swineflu_art_0001.jpg, https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/wp-content\/gallery\/swine-flu-spherical\/cache\/Swineflu_art_0001.jpg-nggid03152-ngg0dyn-795x500x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg 2x\" onerror=\"nggRetryFailedImage(this);\"\/>\n<\/picture>            <\/a>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/wp-content\/gallery\/swine-flu-spherical\/Swinefluseries2_0003.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/wp-content\/gallery\/swine-flu-spherical\/Swinefluseries2_0003.jpg\"\n               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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/wp-content\/gallery\/swine-flu-spherical\/Swinefluseries2_0003.jpg, https:\/\/www.lukejerram.com\/glass\/wp-content\/gallery\/swine-flu-spherical\/cache\/Swinefluseries2_0003.jpg-nggid03153-ngg0dyn-795x500x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg 2x\" onerror=\"nggRetryFailedImage(this);\"\/>\n<\/picture>            <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>2009 flu pandemic<\/strong> was an outbreak of a new strain of <a title=\"Influenza A virus subtype H1N1\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H1N1\">H1N1 influenza virus<\/a>, usually referred to as \u201c<a title=\"Swine flu\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swine_flu\">swine flu<\/a>\u201c. First described in April 2009, the virus appeared to be a new strain of H1N1 which resulted when a previous triple re-assortment of bird, swine and human flu viruses further combined with a Eurasian pig flu virus.<sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_flu_pandemic#cite_note-2\">[3]<\/a><\/sup> Unlike most strains of influenza, H1N1 does not disproportionately infect adults older than 60 years; this was an unusual and characteristic feature of the H1N1 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pandemic\">pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Swine flu sculpture.wmv\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bx4ZiRpkZ_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with the Wellcome Collection Jerram said.. &#8220;<em>At the beginning of the outbreak I was diagnosed with swine flu. 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