As H1N1, aka the flu formerly known as swine flu, aka “The Other White Death,” continues to dominate the public media, it’s important to recognize the contribution factory farming (and animal agriculture in general) makes to these superviruses.

Here’s video from CNN with Dr. Michael Greger from the HSUS:

Related links:

• What You Should Know About Swine Flu (HSUS)
• CDC Confirms Ties to Virus First Discovered in U.S. Pig Factories (HSUS)
• Charge Smithfield Foods: Pork Producers Should Pay for Swine Flu (PCRM)
• Swine-flu outbreak could be linked to factory farming (Grist)
• Doth Smithfield Protest Too Much? Swine Flu Brings Focus to Factory Farm Practices (Huffington Post)
• And After Much Effort, Man Created Swine Flu (Times Online)
• The true cost of eating meat (The Guardian)

Here’s another video from the HSUS site, more broadly talking about the impact of factory farming on human-impacting viruses: