Poor Sad Mexico

[Thomas Eckhardt]

There is something in "The Guardian" about this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/27/swine-flu-search-outbreak-source

Smithfield is being mentioned as a possible culprit. Is that a household 
name in the U.S.? I hadn't heard about the company before.

Browsing the "Guardian" online, I also found it interesting that 
apparently "the WHO and US have dropped the name 'swine flu' in favour 
of its technical term 'H1N1' to avoid hurting the pork industry. Some 
groups have suggested naming it 'Mexican flu', but Mexico objects."

Understandably so.

Thomas