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Re: Pandemic Flu - This one could be for real......
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Originally Posted by Osem
Given all the fuss there's been about bird flu and other possible flu pandemics in the last year or two, how is that protective masks are being ordered only now?
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Perhaps they'll rename it Mexican flu then.....  |
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Originally Posted by Sir John Luke
I'm surprised it's NOT called Mexican flu. Previous pandemics were Spanish, Russian, Hong Kong. Maybe the new fashion of naming after animals is to avoid offending particular nationalities?
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Consider yourself unsurprised.....
It's Political Correctness gone sane, I tell you!
Linky
"The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the most recent research on swine flu has shown that the virus is not caused by pigs. The disease is now being referred to as Mexican flu or "2009 H1N1 flu". The WHO has moved the pandemic alert from four to five, the second highest. The first case of what was called swine flu was reported in Mexico and its first fatality was confirmed there two weeks ago.
The 23-month-old infant who died in the US state of Texas, in the first fatal case from the swine flu outbreak in the United States, was also Mexican. The child came from Mexico to Houston for medical treatment, officials said."
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