May 1, 2009

H1N1 virus? Get real! It’s Swine flu

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."

Sorry Janet and Tom - it’s swine flu. Get it? Swine flu.

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