Eat your pork chops !
 

The World Health Organization announced Thursday it will would stop using the term "swine flu" to avoid confusion over the danger posed by pigs. The policy shift came a day after Egypt began slaughtering thousands of pigs in a misguided effort to prevent swine flu.

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.

Re: Eat your pork chops !
 

The World Health Organization announced Thursday it will would stop using the term "swine flu" to avoid confusion over the danger posed by pigs.

It's amazing how many people everywhere pay no attention to news on tv/radio or papers..good grief.

Re: Eat your pork chops !
 

Hey, I didn't let the swine flu stuff stop me from eating barbecued ribs either, and boy did I enjoy them!