Using the term swine flu

Is anyone working at a paper using the term novel flu instead of swine flu because pork producers don't like the term?

It's nice that we are trying to come up with terms to calm people's nerves instead of making them read the actual story to know that you can't get swine flu from eating pork.

 

But what do the authors think?

 

Seems like calling it "novel flu" would keep people out of libraries and bookstores.

 

Newspaper flu doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon.

 

You all are now:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hG6zmXnY6v5La-llZ8qbQIrdE-WAD97SSVDG0

 

H1N1 influenza A doesn't scare me nearly as much as swine flu.

 

The birds of bird flu will be pissed if we protect the pigs.

 

Call it the H1N1 virus which is known as swine flu.

 

Around here, we just call it "The Squeals."

"Where's Nosey News-Side Girl?"

"At home, sick. I think she's got the squeals."



I think our copy desk is still deciding how to define it in the paper and online.

 

I've given Nosy Newside Girl the squeals many a time.

 

You only write about swine when it makes people sick.

 

I had that for a good chunk of my 20s.

I believe the PC term is porcine. It's less offensive to pigs.