The Israelis don’t like the name “swine flu.” It isn’t kosher.
Janet Napolitano and Tom Vilsack don’t like it. It might damage the hog market.
The French don’t want the piggies blamed. They say it has “swine, avian and human virus components.” (Thought they would realize by now that all animals are equal, but pigs are more equal than others.)
Some Muslims like the name swine flu. They think they are immune to it. It also confirms the divinity of the Koran.
Call it the “Six Million Dollar Man vs. Bigfoot Flu” for all I care. Really. What’s really important is preparation.
Bush was prepared for something like this. (Sorry for the MSNBC link.)
How prepared is Obama? Jimmie at the Sundries Shack has the alarming facts:
At this point, you may be wondering why we haven’t seen the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the head of the CDC, or the Surgeon General in front of the cameras yet. Well, that’s because the administration just yesterday got around to swearing in the Secretary of HHS and doesn’t actually have a head of the CDC or Surgeon General.So we’re left with random Cabinet secretaries telling us that swine flu isn’t really swine flu because bacon isn’t a vector. Nice.
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Photo Credit: The Pug’s Father
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