When the term “swine flu” showed up last week, it was for most folks a new combination of two familiar words.
But for those of us over the age of 35, it was a return of a phrase we first heard in the 1970s.
During the Ford administration, a swine flu scare prompted a massive effort to vaccinate every American, despite serious complications for some who got the shot.
But the government’s goal was to get everyone to get the shot. And so the folks in Wisconsin enlisted the support of the Packers.
Three decades later, players throughout the league might suddenly be wondering whether the time spent shooting such a commercial counts toward any outstanding community service obligations.
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