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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:23 AM Original message |
Did I hear wrong? To call it "Swine Flu" is offensive |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. it was offensive to some officer in Israel who want to call it the mexican flu |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Ah. Thank you, Pri. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. But... swine flu has been around for ages, right? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. yeah, and this is hardly a compliment to swine |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. As opposed to the influenza virus, which is holy. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. "Every virus is sacred..." |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. I doubt anyone would want credit for this. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. Oooooooh, I thought it was the Reps... |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. When I think Swine Flu |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. its not even REALLY swine flu |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yep... that's why they're so nervous... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
10. Interesing historical note. The "Spanish Flu" of 1918 was really misnamed |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Interesting. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. That's where many deaths happened. Lots of them. LOTS !! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. War is even more horrible than people think. nt |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
14. The Freepers want it to be called Mexican Flu, too. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. The Republicans don't want to call it swine flu |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. I propose a convention whereby any newly discovered pathogen is named for the year |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Apparantly its too hard for people to remember H1N1/A |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I'm going to call it "Wilbur." |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Nice post, Charlotte! |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Now if the MSM would just use the scientific name |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. pandemic flu of summer 2009 |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-28-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Let's Call It Rush Limbaugh Flu |
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