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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:30 PM Original message |
CNN is strongly hinting that the flu began in a Smithfield factory farm |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's a rumor that's going around for weeks apparently... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. We vets already know how these things happen. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. They get away with a damned lot here. The legislatures of Iowa |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. and North Carolina. :( n/t |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The way I explained it to my Dad is to think of a flu virus as a string of |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. and if it started there or not-- |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well thank you very much. That's kind of you. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. That may very well be a side effect, depending on how severe this is |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, and that tidbit is one of the things that may bring about some positives... |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is interesting indeed. I hadn't heard it. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It started in Mexico after the dept of health tracked |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. CNN is hinting at whatever will sell ad space. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Smithfield buys ad space. Just ask Paula Deen. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. The Health Department in Mexico tracked patient zero to the town of La Gloria |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. That is because they are clueless idiots. |
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kjackson227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was listening to either Bill Press or Ron Kuby (sp) and they had... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. When hogs die at these places, they just pile 'em up outside the buildings. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. Outsourcing to escape regulations |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'm hoping that when the urgency of this passes... |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. I read something a while back about Smithfield recirculating the water. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. I wouldn't be surprised. Did you ever EAT Smithfield Pork? It tastes Cloned.. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. If people still want to eat meat, they really need to support local, humane farms. |
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