My theory has always been that it jumped from a pig to a human at a county fair in IA.
Probably not. But we've had a couple of instances of swine influenza outbreaks at fairs in recent years, requiring quarantine.
What idiocy- maintaining a "tradition" when the "hog industry" is never going to be anything for anybody who doesn't want to be a janitor at a finisher or xxxx hauler.
