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two questions re. epidemiological nomenclature
1. Apparently the EU health commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has suggested swine flu should be renamed "novel flu" to avoid damaging the pork industry. What about the publishing industry?
2. On Monday Israeli Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman declared that Israel would call the new disease 'Mexico Flu', because pigs aren't kosher. Are viruses kosher?