Posted on: April 30th, 2009 by Famous Phil

Lately, I’ve noticed a lot of commotion about this swine flu.  When I first saw this term about a week ago, I thought the pig flu and I immediately thought, avoid pork unless its cooked really well (which comes from pigs).  I then thought that pigs were spreading this to one another.  Apparently it is something much bigger, so a week later, I read a little bit about it, and now I think its time to input a few comments about it.

My second thought after seeing this was the swinely (spelled wrong) pig races.  At the fair every year, I always end up watching some pigs race for some swinely pig race attraction or something.  This is probably how I first learned of the word swine, but I never looked it up in a dictionary, so I decided to today.  The dictionary provides me with a few terms, but the one I’m looking for is ” the domestic hog, Sus scrofa.”

So, apparently the swine flu is a common flu in the pigs and it managed to mutate itself and migrate to humans.  The symptoms are similar to that of the human flu virus that comes around every year.  So I’m not entirely sure why everyone is making such a big deal over this.  Its definitely being over reported, and it has only taken lives in Mexico where people there cannot afford or have proper medical care.  The normal flu can also kill if not properly treated.   So I’d say if you think you have flu symptoms, go see a doctor and take antibiotics to treat it.  Like any sickness, this is the best method to prevent it from getting worse and leading to a possible early death.

My hope is that the news will start reporting other stuff soon and stop flooding the people with this insignificant news like this instead of telling us what is happening to our troops overseas.  We’re still in a war afterall

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