"The problem we have is that the term has been so freighted with politics, it's taken on a life that it probably really shouldn't have, " said Andrew McCarthy, a former U.S. attorney who prosecuted the terrorists responsible for the 1993 Trade Center attack and is now a senior fellow at the National Review Foundation.
" 'Swine flu' gives a connotation that really it shouldn't have, and makes people wonder about eating pork, " said Minnesota Health Commissioner Dr. Sanne Magnan.