Posted on 04/29/2009 4:32:54 PM PDT by SandRat
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2009 The Marine Corps commandant today confirmed a suspected case of what the U.S. Homeland Security Council now is calling H1N1 flu, but has been known as swine flu, at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
A male Marine reported to a medical clinic on base over the weekend complaining of flu-like symptoms. Initial test results indicate the H1N1 virus, and the service is waiting for further results from testing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway said. |
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The disease formerly known as swine flu.
Stay outta mehiko dude. Let’s all go to D.C.
The press appears to have gotten right in line to promote the administration’s new PC name.
My brother is doing his “two weeks a year” in Twenty-Nine Palms right now.
He is supposed to be home tonight. We shall see.
Is the H1N1 virus named after the immigration visa H1B?
.. could be...
Heard that Israeli, Thailand, and Spain which currently has the largest outbreak in Europe are already calling it the “Mexican Flu”. But team Obama has been ordered not to call it that so nobodys feelings get hurt. That’s just not politically correct.
What was wrong with Aztlán Flu?
They await guidance from their Pope.
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