Swine Flu - Yes Pigs Did Fly - Updated

This could turn out to be the worst disaster of the year. By worst I mean a not a disaster at all. There have been only a very few confirmed deaths compared to say the global death toll due to regular influenza.

Egypt and at least one other Muslim dominated country have decided to cull all pigs in their countries because of the Swine Flu (real reason: to annoy the Christians living there). Many other countries e.g. China, have stopped importing pork for exactly the same reason.

I suggest we call the next flu the Carbon Flu which will help all those environmentalists with their CO2 problems.

If the media stopped reporting it this flu would vanish into obscurity where it belongs. So far more people died installing solar panels that from the swine flu, perhaps we should ban those as well.

-- UPDATE --

The more info that comes in on this thing the less it appears to be anything other than a regular flu virus. Short term effects, no dramatic spreading, confirmed deaths in the single digits, not double digits as being reported.

Other than a media driven fear campaign, backed by equally distracted governments eager to find something else to talk about besides their economic mishandling of the global financial crisis, there is nothing to this thing as yet.

Pigs cannot be infected so that kills the "we need to kill all pigs" rant. All that is left is to thank the media for their ramping up the tension and move on to the next crisis.