Posts Tagged ‘swine flu’

Swine flu promises the dystopia we’ve been dreaming of

Continuing my mission to remain your up-to-date news source for all things swine flu related, it turns out the disease has already made it to Michigan and Ohio. It looks like things are about to get post-apocalyptic. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Pandemic II it’s that my only remaining option is to get [...]

For the record, I propose “Spic flu”

I’m not sure what caused the Middle East to depart from their usually quite rational thinking, but an Israeli official has stated that the name “Swine Flu” is offensive.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed “Mexican” influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, said an Israeli health official [...]