Pretty nasty stuff that.

It's swine flu, but it's not a term i've ever heard before the last day or so

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/801...

sehr aktuell in Mexiko

says WHO

Who says "swine influenza"???

;-)

Yes,that´s right!
I´ve got an American friend and he told me the same!
Gypsy

sez CDC ;-)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"Swine Influenza (Flu)
Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly cause outbreaks of influenza among pigs."
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/
Although "swine influenza" is the full term, "swine flu" is probably used more often.
In a similar way, there are the terms "Schweineinfluenza" and "Schweinegrippe" in German.

Dictionary: schweineinfluenza
related discussion: swine flu - die Schweinegrippe

Although swine flu seems to be the usual term used, 10 minutes ago a British government expert used pig flu to describe the disease on the BBC News channel. He used swine flu and pig flu interchangeably when discussing the possible ramifications of a pandemic.

F5 update

Interestingly, according to the EU, who at the time of writing are giving a press conference, the swine flu outbreak does not seem to have started as a result of poor food chain management and what's more, they say that pigs are not carriers in this instance.

The EU are now using the term novel flu virus, instead of swine flu. The reason for this change of terminology is that the EU don't want the pork industry to suffer as a result. Apparently, pork is safe to eat.

And in Isreal, they are calling it "Mexico flu" to avoid the use of the non-kosher swine.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNew...

@Kat - brillian, didn't know that. What is the muslim world calling it, any idea?

Halal issue.
Bless you.

The term used to describe Schweinegrippe seems to change by the hour. I think the WHO now use H5N1 flu virus.

Swine flu
Pig flu
Swine influenza
Pig influenza
Hog flu

It's all the same thing

Another example of political correctness running amok. Meanwhile everybody knows that this has nothing to do with "pork."

Apologies! I meant the H1N1 flu virus, not bird flu (H5N1).

Just heard this week's worst pun on "Have I Got News For You?":
Apparently, swine flu is not so bad if you've got the right oinkment.

They should actually call it the U.S. flu or the Smithfield flu, since it originated on that U.S. company's farm in Mexico.