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2009 swine flu not the same as 1976 swine flu (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Q:I was in the military in 1976 when we were required to get a swine-flu vaccine. But now I hear that there is a new swine-flu vaccine. If I was vaccinated back then, am I protected from the current swine flu? Answer: The strain of swine flu that was circulating in 1976 is different from the swine-flu virus circulatingnow, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Controland Prevention.