Little-Acorn
04-28-2009, 04:54 PM
Our Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano (D-NM), has finally weighed in on the swine-flu crisis that has everybody fearful of mass disease and death.
Her suggestion: Change the name. Stop calling it "swine" flu.
That is all.
Boy, am I glad the government is on top of this matter.
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28343516.htm
U.S. officials want 'swine' out of flu name
28 Apr 2009 21:31:42 GMT
Source: Reuters
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.
At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there was also talk of stripping the "swine" from swine flu, which CDC acting director Richard Besser said was leading to the misapprehension that people can catch the disease from pork.
Her suggestion: Change the name. Stop calling it "swine" flu.
That is all.
Boy, am I glad the government is on top of this matter.
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28343516.htm
U.S. officials want 'swine' out of flu name
28 Apr 2009 21:31:42 GMT
Source: Reuters
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.
At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there was also talk of stripping the "swine" from swine flu, which CDC acting director Richard Besser said was leading to the misapprehension that people can catch the disease from pork.