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Swine Flu Gives Pork a Bad Name
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... . True, the pandemic may represent a policy window for proposed legislation to better regulate mass production of pork, but officials are now saying that the flu's name is misleading. ...
H1N1 virus?
Israel Matzav —
... is not the only one who is opposed to referring to the virus currently sweeping the world as ' 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. ... The Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health also objected to the name, saying the virus contains avian and human components and no pig so far has ...
CDC CONFIRMS first swine flu death in Texas. It’s the first U.S. death from swine flu.
Plus, U.S…
Instapundit —
... Plus, U.S. officials want you to drop the “swine.” “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.’” ...
Congressional Flu? [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom —
Congressional Flu? [Dan Collins] Officials want to remove the word “swine” from the name of the flu , for fear that it will hurt the pork industry. Mexican Flu is also not kosher, of course. MedFlu isn’t fair to medflies, either. Hannitizer Flu does seem unfair to Shawn Hannity, though it contains the handsanity that experts are recommending. I suggest Congressional Flu, or Murtha Flu, but feel free to suggest your own. Heck, on second thought, who needs “flu” in there? Domesticated Animal Transmitted Health Concern will do. Oh, and ...
‘Too pig to fail’: Officials seek to remove ’swine’ from flu name to save pork industry
Michelle Malkin —
The Obama administration—in keeping true with their penchant for changing the names of things — is trying to stop using the word “swine” in swine flu : 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 ...
What to do about flu?
Althouse —
Change the name!
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Reason Morning Links: State Secrets Rejected, Economy Shrinks, More Flyover Flap
Hit & Run —
... feds knew the NYC flyover could set off panic and residual 9/11 jitters, but White House Military Office ordered it anyway, and threatened NYC police and political officials if they informed the public about the photo-op. Washington Post reports Military Office director Louis Caldera may be fired. • Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.), once thought to be in trouble, expected to cruise to reelection now that he has switched parties. • U.S. officials trying to take the swine out of swine flu. • Military prepares for ...
What’s in a Name?
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Via Reuters: U.S. officials want ’swine’ out of flu name
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 ...
Swine flu name offends, glad our priorities are in order...
At-Largely —
Well I for one am glad that people have their priorities in order :Right, because should you get sick with the SWINE FLU, your first response will be outrage ...at the name. I am Jewish. I don't eat pork. And I certainly have no interest in dining on the H1N1 virus. So why the hell would my dietary laws be in any way related to the name of a virus? Moreover, calling the virus the Mexican flu is more offensive because it implies a group of people are responsible somehow. And finally, if pork producers are offended, then they too have their priorities screwed up, especially ...
If It’s Not Swine Flu, What Is It?
The Sundries Shack —
bacon_pan And they said the Bush administration was ignorant about science ? 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,” ...
Top Ten Cloves: Possible reasons Google Flu Tracker didn't pick up Swine Flu
The Reaction —
... Specter's defection to Democratic Party 5. Couldn't decide , like it's cool logo, on the color palette for "Swine Flu" 4. An unusually high number of "I'm Feeling Lucky" Swine Flu searches skewed results of program 3. Because of Swine Flu, Google shut down its' bus services, so workers couldn't get in to read results 2. Got confused when they started calling it the "H1N1 virus." 1. Wasted ...
