April 27th, 2009 // comments (0)

Israeli Health Minister: Can We Call It Mexican Flu Instead?

Israel is jumping on the swine flu mania train. Except they don’t quite feel comfortable calling the disease ‘swine flu’. Israeli Health Minister Yakov Litzman would like it a whole lot better if we called the disease ‘Mexican flu’. No word on whether Mexico is down with that change… but I think the name is pretty well established at this point.

Related:

• November 29, 2009 -- ISRAEL SHALIT RELEASE
• May 5, 2009 -- First American Dies Of The Swine Flu In Texas
• May 4, 2009 -- Detained In Japan – American Airlines Passengers, Crew Held Over Swine Flu Fears
• May 4, 2009 -- China Is Rounding Up And Detaining Mexican Travelers
• May 1, 2009 -- Plane Diverted After Woman Shows ‘Flu-Like Symptoms’
• April 30, 2009 -- H1N1 Update: Member Of President’s Team Has Swine Flu – Update: False Alarm
• April 29, 2009 -- Update: First Swine Flu Casualty Was Mexican Child In Texas
• April 28, 2009 -- Two Recent California Deaths May Be Swine Flu Related – Texas Death Confirmed
• April 28, 2009 -- Flashback: Swine Flu PSAs From The 1970′s
• April 27, 2009 -- Obama On Swine Flu: ‘No Cause For Alarm’