They did it to find out what happens when pigs are infected with 2 different forms of the virus. I already know the answer. IT DIES!
First hint of a pandemic I’m locking my doors, and staying home for a few months.
This is a good time to think of your preps and what you might need to add to them, including medicines and that means a certain antibiotic and Tamiflu. Do you have a doctor friend who would write a script for Tamiflu if it looked like this type of flu was headed our way? That med would be gone in a flash. I'd also get Cipro which you can get at some places without a prescription, as in fish meds.
In 1917 during the flu pandemic, Gunnison Colorado completely shut down all access to the town for 2 weeks. They didn’t have a single case of the flu but nearby towns lost a lot of people.