Porkers: Don’t Call It Swine Flu

U.S. pork producers picked up an important ally this week in their effort to properly name the H1N1 flu virus when the president of the National Newspaper Association urged community newspaper publishers and editors to use precise language in coverage of the flu pandemic. Cheryl Kaechele, publisher of the Allegan County News in Allegan, Mich., told her members that confusion from newspaper headlines that refer to H1N1 as “swine flu” has “unfairly cast doubt upon the pork industry” … Tim Bierman, an Iowa pork producer who is president of the National Pork Board, said he has sent a letter to Kaechele thanking her for her leadership on an issue that is vitally important to the nation’s 70,000 pork producers/provided by Charlie Powell , WSU agriculture information officer. More here .

Question: Has the misnomer “swine flu” caused you to be reluctant to use pork products?