UPDATED!


OK... now we must be politically correct in naming our flu's? Too, too funny! Because some have an aversion to pork meat we are going to have to rename the "swine flu."

On second thought... perhaps this is actually a government secret attack on those sensitive to the idea of dying with pork in their systems?

Just too, too funny... and stupid.

XtnYoda, shalomed

reuters report

U.S. officials want 'swine' out of flu name

WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - What's in a name? U.S. pork producers are finding that the name of the virus spreading from Mexico is affecting their business, prompting U.S. officials to argue for changing the name from swine flu.

At a news briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took pains to repeatedly refer to the flu as the "H1N1 virus."

"This is not a food-borne illness, virus. It is not correct to refer to it as swine flu because really that's not what this is about," Vilsack said.

Israel has already rejected the name swine flu, and opted to call it "Mexico flu." Jewish dietary laws forbid eating pork.....

UPDATE! Egypt is killing all it's pigs to stop swine flu!!!

Rather... uninformed.

Too funny.
yahoo news

CAIRO – The Egyptian government says it has begun slaughtering all pigs in the country as a precautionary measure against the possible spread of swine flu.

The Health Ministry says the slaughter of the country's 300,000 pigs will begin immediately.

The ministry has stated several times that there are no cases swine flu in the country, however neighboring Israel has reported two.