WOULDN’T it be preferable if the worrying phrase “swine flu” was merely called “pig flu”, reducing panic at a stroke. How many deaths are known to be attributed to pig (swine) flu, as compared to deaths from ordinary flu? Let’s have some perspective in the news media, please!
Fred M Atkinson, Shincliffe, Durham
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