By: Brionna Givens
Minister Yakov Litzman, an Israeli health official, wants the name Swine flu changed to "Mexican" flu because the term swine is offensive to the Muslim and Jewish culture. In both cultures pigs are seen as dirty and therefore they are unable to consume any products with pork in it. But scientist state that there is nothing that makes swine flu "Mexican" and if the swine flu is renamed to Mexican flu it will most likely cause an uproar in Hispanic communities. I don't think the name will be changed any time soon or in the future. This flu originated in pigs and is now being transmitted to humans. Mexicans themselves did not create this flu, so swine should and will be the appropriate name to call this flu since pigs created it.
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