What is Swine Flu?


	What is Swine Flu?

violetnightshade

4-27-2009 1:07 PM

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pandemic, swine flu

violetnightshade says:

And no, you don't get it from eating pork.

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4-27-2009 3:09 PM

willhelm

What is swine flu?

Probably just another thing for miserable leftists to fear. I swear if they didn't have such an irrational fear of death, penchant for self-loathing, and a need to control others, they would have no reason to exist.

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