Did I hear wrong? To call it "Swine Flu" is offensive

[Bertha Venation]

to Mexicans? That Mexicans want it to be called Mexican Flu?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. it was offensive to some officer in Israel who want to call it the mexican flu

because swine is unholy.

[Bertha Venation]

2. Ah. Thank you, Pri.

:hi:

[redqueen]

4. But... swine flu has been around for ages, right?

:crazy:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. yeah, and this is hardly a compliment to swine

[Deep13]

11. As opposed to the influenza virus, which is holy.

:eyes:

[SoxFan]

24. "Every virus is sacred..."

[redqueen]

3. I doubt anyone would want credit for this.

If anything I'd think they'd be offended.

[Iggo]

5. Oooooooh, I thought it was the Reps...

...who wanted to call it the Mexican Flu.

You know, because they hate Mexicans.

[Sky Masterson]

6. When I think Swine Flu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8b9EckGPx0
I think Swine Flew (Cue the flying pig)

[TZ]

8. its not even REALLY swine flu

Its bird-swine-human flu. Maybe we should just call it the Chimaera or Mutant flu...:crazy:

[redqueen]

9. Yep... that's why they're so nervous...

novel strain... so different.

[NJmaverick]

10. Interesing historical note. The "Spanish Flu" of 1918 was really misnamed

most experts now feel it orginated in the US at the make shift barracks being used for all the new recruits being prepared for WW 1.

[Bertha Venation]

12. Interesting.

That one killed so many people . . .

[Sequoia]

13. That's where many deaths happened. Lots of them. LOTS !!

[Deep13]

19. War is even more horrible than people think. nt

[Lyric]

14. The Freepers want it to be called Mexican Flu, too.

For that reason alone, I oppose it.

[geardaddy]

20. The Republicans don't want to call it swine flu

because they're afraid people will blame it on them.

[foxfeet]

15. I propose a convention whereby any newly discovered pathogen is named for the year

in which it was found. Add some sort of suffix to distinguish each consecutive discovery for that year. Obviously, the Israeli official who bitched about the name "swine flu" hadn't thought about the possible consequences of naming it the "Mexican flu." We're still living with the effects of calling HIV the "gay plague." Can we just opt for some system that doesn't stigmatize people? Sheesh.

[TZ]

16. Apparantly its too hard for people to remember H1N1/A

Which is the scientific name....

[Deep13]

18. I'm going to call it "Wilbur."

That's some virus!

[TZ]

21. Nice post, Charlotte!

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[foxfeet]

23. Now if the MSM would just use the scientific name

and would stop flogging the vernacular, perhaps there'd be a modicum of social sanity around these things. It might help if the MSM would take the time to explain the derivation of the scientific name. Unfortunately, H1N1/A is apparently insufficiently sexy as far as they're concerned.

[Deep13]

17. pandemic flu of summer 2009

As opposed to the inevitable pandemic flu of autumn 2009. Really, I would rather have this apparently mild strain now than get the ass-kicker winter variety.

[Yavin4]

22. Let's Call It Rush Limbaugh Flu

Works for me.