UPDATE: CDC not on the same page yet.
The US Pork Producers are making a stink on Capitol Hill as they attempt to urge lawmakers and the MSM to call this flu outbreak something other than “swine.” [what’s in a name?]
U.S. pork producers are finding that the name of the virus spreading from Mexico is affecting their business, prompting U.S. officials to argue for changing the name from swine flu.
According to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack we should now refer to the flu as the "H1N1 virus” – because that’s got a nice ring to it.
Other names that made the short list but were already taken include:
