Why cant he say the word 'pig" or something, rather scarry that this is being handled by some weird warlock out of a Harry Potter film.

he just don't like the name of the animle that goes oink, he is willing to change international terminology for his own convenience. BTW what about the chickens??? ban their name also from the flu disease list.

I'm not going to let it drive me crazy when I know it's in walking distance.

component of the "Mexican Flu" which has swine/human/and bird flu components. Elderberry syrup kills the bird flu virus component. The adult dose is 10cc four times daily until symptoms abate. It is a good idea to take 10cc daily to help prevent the virus from taking hold, as well as spray the nostrils with Xylitol nose spray or normal saline nose spray twice daily since most viral and bacterial infections begin in the sinuses. The xylitol in Xlear Nose Spray helps prevent viruses and bacteria from adhering to cell walls in the sinuses.

what is wrong with calling it swine flu? It IS a swine flu now infecting humans- Why call it Mexican? The American strain, less virulent would then be called American flu? It happened to start in Mexico- it could have been any other country... does Mexican flu sound less dangerous or repulsive than Swine flu? Pardon me, but the logic escapes me.

change its name. The deputy minister forgot to mention the 20 million liters of emergency chicken soup the government has in stock.

The term swine flu in itself is incorrect as it's a bird-swine-human flu.

believe me that we dont have gays here in gaza and that is why we will not get this haram flu there is a saying in arabic which go like if you sleep with dogs you will eat a cat.

With all due respect to Mr Lanzman it would be more appropriate in these difficult times to appoint a Minister and not use a Deputy Minister. If changing the name from Mnister to Deputy Minister is enough to ensure all the health needs of Israel then chaning the name of the swine to mexican will give us the illusion that there is no pandemic threat to our country. Brilliant resolution of a problem with words and definitiona only. Now can you solve also the palestinian problem?

a group or 100 or more Jews of Mexico ? Won't you give a nive welcome to the Jewish brethen?

and there is also a saying living like a dog, meaning "les miserable" situation.

ok, let's change the name- maybe the problem will go away- never trust a minister who looks like a preacher.

And when - if - our Health Ministry talks to the WHO, are they going to refer to it as 'Mexican Flu???' We will be laughed at!!

Hey! We aren't eating the "swine flu", we're just calling the virus by its given name. If we aren't allowed to say the word perhaps we should ban the words, "oysters", "crayfish", "pig", etc. and any other words which are non kosher!!! Im agine not having these words in out vocabulary. How would we explain to one what is non kosher?????

What a moron we have as a Deputy Minister of Health!! You may not wish to eat it, but Swine are animals, and there is no reason to not use the word. Get your priorities right non-swine eating idiot!!

First, there is no country called Palestine. Second, you don't transfer the flu by being gay, you have to cough or sneeze on someone. Third, there are gays in Gaza, and the West Bank too. Remember Arafat?

This way, people doing serious reseach on the disease will have no way of finding information (since there's no literature about any "Mexican flu", while there is plenty on "swine flu"), and may be infected without knowing!

(aka swine)... not "Mexicans"... What is swine flu? Swine flu is a respiratory disease, caused by influenza type A which infects pigs. There are many types, and the infection is constantly changing. Until now it has not normally infected humans, but the latest form clearly does, and can be spread from person to person - probably through coughing and sneezing.

If the Swine Flu originated from an Arab State, Litzman would not object calling it ' Pig Flu '.

...had it originated in Brooklyn? You don't want to eat the stuff, don't eat the stuff. But don't make us look like racist laughing stocks who are afraid on the word swine. Good grief! Well, thereis always Little Cow (once an euphemism in Israel for pig) Flu.

Prepare all food at home...Do not eat in any public restaurant. Extreme caution is the order of the day. This magefo will kill millions. No matter what public officials may say..they are in the business of rsk management...you must take care. Common sense must prevail.. Mothers...take care of your familes.. Do not allow anyone of your family members to eat outside of the home. May Hashem guard us from this magefo.

get serious man, this is a serious disease, a flu, possibly a pandemic- and you are discussing holy and unholy? Who cares what you think? You think the disease is holy? Mentioning the name 'swine' surely does not make you go to hell- does it? This argument is not worthy of a civilized nation- I am glad there are TBs here that show more sense -

you are certainly correct: Tamoxifen is a cancer drug, not against flu- Tamiflu at the moment is the best against this flu however- As for Elderberry syrup: what you are saying here won't help much once a person is infected.... it might possibly help against the sniffles, but birflu? If this were true you would be a millionaire ten times over, believe me... I wouldn't recommend using this instead of common sense.... Good Luck to you ifElderberry is what you depend on...

it is the ignorance that will kill you: there are gays in every country, and they DO NOT spread AIDS or FLU any more than all you ignoramuses.... show some brain! Go read, google, whatever- but don't spread stupid ideas.

I'm a Mexican who's been an Israeli citizen for almost 13 years- so Proudly Israeli- I had a severe fllu last week- yesterday when coming to work, i found some Israeli friends and they asked about my whereabouts, I told them last week I was infected with this strong flu, in that precise moment news were divulged about the swine Mexican flu- although I havent been in Mexico since I did aliah, they started like to move away from me... there was nothing left for me to say and do but to blush and say OINK

has alot of issues and talks out of her tuchus on all kinds of subjects, all the time.

no need for pills; I think dressing in jet black is more than enough to kick out the pig's virus. mission accomplished.