"Swine" flu

I cannot believe, well no I can believe, how many idiots are actually running countries in this world. I understand uneducated people avoid pork because of the title swine flu, but for a country like Egypt to start slaughtering pigs? Do they have a moron running their health system with no scientific background? There is just no excuse in today's world to allow oneself to be uneducated. There is so much information on the internet, both accurate and inaccurate. For God's sake do some research before you act like an 18th century person who still believed germs were "evil humours".