The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that they will stop using the term “swine flu” to refer to the current influenza outbreak, in favor of the more technical term, influenza-A (H1N1). This was primarily in response to the Egyptian government—a government so profoundly stupid that there are no words in any language to properly mock them—for slaughtering hundreds of thousands of pigs to stop the spread of the disease.
… and the response from the media? Total fucking Retard-o-Rama:
WHO to stop using term ’swine flu’ to protect pigs
WHO spokesman Dick Thompson said the agriculture industry and the U.N. food agency had expressed concerns that the term “swine flu” was misleading consumers and needlessly causing countries to ban pork products and order the slaughter of pigs.
“Rather than calling this swine flu … we’re going to stick with the technical scientific name H1N1 influenza A,” Thompson said.
The article then continues …
Egypt began slaughtering its roughly 300,000 pigs Wednesday even though experts said swine flu is not linked to pigs and not spread by eating pork. Angry farmers protested the government decree.
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China, Russia, Ukraine and other nations have banned pork exports from Mexico and parts of the United States, blaming swine flu fears.
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WHO also reported the number of confirmed swine flu cases rose to 257 worldwide Thursday, with cases in Mexico rising to 97 from 26, with seven deaths. The WHO confirmed tally from the United States now stands at 109, with one death.
I find it utterly fucking amazing that the human race has been able to exist as a viable species for this long. The Egyptian government slaughters pigs to prevent the spread of a disease that isn’t related to pigs. Russia and China ban imports of pork because of fears about a disease that isn’t related to pigs. And when the WHO officially stops using the common name of the disease to help curb the stupidity of governments such as has been seen with Egypt, Russia, and China, the report on the change in terminology goes on and repeatedly uses the unnecessary and inappropriate term.
Of course, science doesn’t mean diddly squat to morons that have flipped into mob-rule/mass-panic mode. And it becomes necessary to issue statements such as this.
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