Scientists in China have found that the genotype 4 (G4) reassortant Eurasian avian-like (EA) H1N1 ... [+] flu virus has been circulating in the swine population and has pandemic potential. Again this virus only has “pandemic potential,” and potential can mean a lot of different things. They didn’t appear to be similar enough for the regular flu vaccine to protect against the G4 EA H1N1 flu virus. Thus, you would need a new flu vaccine to be developed to protect against the G4 EA H1N1 flu virus. The G4 EA H1N1 flu virus is far from the only virus on the “pandemic potential” list.

Source: Forbes June 30, 2020 07:08 UTC