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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:46 PM Original message |
WHO to stop using term 'swine flu' to protect pigs |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hey now that's a great idea! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. They should have called it "hybrid flu" from the get-go. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. LOL, but don't they usually name them after the place where the flu first shows up? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Mexican Flu is a terrible name |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. When it is all said and done it will either be Mexican or North American |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's it! |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Good. We must save the multi-national outsourcing Pork Industry! |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Too late for those pigs in Egypt. |
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Ocracoker16 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good, but they could of changed the name a bit earlier |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Also, it doesn't help that the scientific name is a bit awkward |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. More on Egypt, they are already fighting H5N1 (avian flu), 67 confirmed, 23 fatal |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. NAFTA flu. |
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Towlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. The President called it "H1N1" during his press conference last night. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. THAT is the spelling I've been searching for. Thank you. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. I hate to point this out and I get why they are doing it, pig futures have crashed |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. EGYPT: After avian flu, Egypt fears swine flu |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Someone told me here to just get my facts from WHO |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I think they said CDC is the only place for info in USA |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. If I'm not mistaken, that's stage six. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. For the love of god!!! Will someone think of the bacon!!!!! |
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