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Swine Flu - it's such an inelegant title. Blaming the pigs for our inability to provide ourselves with a clean living environment is wrong. This 'un-pandemic' has actually caused me to purchase and consume much more pork than I normally would. Why? Well, this is simply due to the inability of others to see the reality of this disease that the world is currently rife with; that reality is that eating pork does not cause one to contract the H1N1 Influenza Type A virus. Therefore, I have taken this opportunity to create for myself a stockpile of pork. "Why not?" I ask, "If no one else wants pork, and it has become so cheap, does it not seem economically sensible to stuff some more pork into my diet?"

Besides, I find pork to be one of the most flavorful and delicious meats around. I enjoy pork chops, pork roast, and pork anything-else too. As a matter of fact, I'm having pork for dinner tonight. How fitting.

I take pleasure in watching other people stress over the smallest things, turning 'mole-hills into mountains' as the old cliche goes. This swine flu 'epidemic' is nothing more than an exaggerated case of xenophobia in reference to the apparent intolerance of Mexicans by U.S. Citizens. What I fail to understand is that they are complaining that the immigrants are taking their jobs, yet the jobs that the immigrants are taking are of the caliber of work that no U.S. citizen wishes to do. Because of this intolerance, the media decided to create a social epidemic out of nothing, essentially. Anyway, the H1N1 Influenza Type A or Swine Flu as it is called has not caused me to stop eating pork. It has actually increased my consumption of pork due to its relative low cost compared to other meats.

As a side note, I have not fallen ill yet. If I do come down with the swine flu however, it will not be because of what I have eaten but rather because I do not wash my hands quite as much as I should. So, if you are shying away from pork products due to the swine flu outbreak, you are wasting your time. There is little to no legitimacy behind the claims that eating pork leads to contraction of the swine flu; it is simply the result of exaggerated media coverage. Besides, pork is cheap now - And cheap is what we all desperately need. So traverse to your local grocery store or meat market, and buy yourself some flavorful and delicious pork to enjoy tonight. But remember - wash your hands before eating, because no one wants to get sick.

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