We will no longer refer to it as "SWINE FLU."

SamCogar wrote:More appropiate would be ...... "Boss Hog Obamevent".

Have the Muslims started protesting yet?

Or are they not susceptible to it?

SheikBen wrote:How about "infidel flu"

WITH the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico, we were taking bets in the pub last night as to which Islamic country would be the first to demand that the viral condition be renamed so that it would not offend Muslims.

Saudi Arabia was the first choice, with Pakistan weighing in as a close second.


Health Minister Litzman
But guess what? No-one thought of Israel.

Today Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman, holding a press conference to update the public on developments regarding the epidemic in Israel, recommended that it be called “Mexican flu” rather than “swine flu”.

According to this report, only two Israelis are believed to have contracted swine Mexican flu. Tomer Vajim, 26, was admitted to the Laniado Hospital in Netanya after returning from Mexico with signs of the viral infection.

A second man who returned from Mexico on Sunday was admitted to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba and put in isolation after exhibiting suspect symptoms, including fever and coughing.

Pork sales plummet as 'swine flu' stirs fears among shoppers

DES MOINES, Iowa - Like the virus itself, the name "swine flu" is spreading quickly. For the pork purveyors and hog farmers who make up the nation's $15 billion pork industry, that's a disaster.

It doesn't seem to matter that the strain may not come entirely from pigs and cannot be spread by eating pork. Hog prices are already dropping as financial markets worry people will have second thoughts about buying "the other white meat."

"It's killing our markets," said Francis Gilmore, 72, who runs a 600-hog operation in Perry, outside Des Moines, and worries his small business could be ruined by the crisis. "Where they got the name, I just don't know." http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200904280948

SheikBen wrote:

If they are unwilling to tell us anything of value except "wash your hands" and "see a doctor if you are sick," then that really should do it. That Napolitano is going to "update us consistently" is of no value nor is it of any relief. I'm surprised that they have yet to blame pro-life veterans on this one.