As probably most of you who read this blog by now know, we’re supposed to stop calling Swine Flu by that name.
The reason is, as countries started banning imports of pork, destroying stocks and people stopped eating it, the meat packing and processing industry in the US began to fear falling profits if people associated the disease with their fine products, and started lobbying politicians to change the name. Their stated preference was to call it ‘H1N1’.
This in spite of the fact that all signs point to a large CAFO (factory pig farm) owned by Smithfield Farms in La Gloria, Veracruz, Mexico as being the origin of the virus. Doctors there have identified a young boy, who is still alive, as being the first case.
According to the Narco News Bulletin, we should be calling it the NAFTA Flu.
I was watching TV the other night and noticed Dutch politicians are calling it the ‘Mexican Flu’. I guess this means they think it comes from Mexicans.
So, if we’re not allowed to call it Swine Flu, the stage is open. Anyone else have any suggestions what the new name should be?
