What do you think of this?

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

I read an article today on this, seems to be a real serious problem!

Drug-resistant infections lurk in meat we eat
Animals routinely fed antibiotics harbor virulent germs that jump to people

Researchers say the overuse of antibiotics in animals has led to a plague of drug-resistant infections that killed more than 65,000 people in the U.S. last year — more than prostate and breast cancer combined. And in a nation that used about 35 million pounds of antibiotics last year, 70 percent of the drugs — 28 million pounds — went to pigs, chickens and cows. Worldwide, it's 50 percent.

"This is a living breathing problem, it's the big bad wolf and it's knocking at our door," said Dr. Vance Fowler, an infectious disease specialist at Duke University. "It's here. It's arrived."

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Tony · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:44 pm Post subject:

Scary stuff.

Dark Templar X · Commander **Joined**: 26 Feb 2009

More scare tactics against pharmaceuticals and for disease. woo.

Ditch this bullshit.

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

You call 65,000 dead people (in 1 year) bullshit?...hmmmm

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Dark Templar X · Commander **Joined**: 26 Feb 2009

No. The hype and panic surrounding it is bullshit. They'll make it out to be the terrible epidemic when that is not the case. More people still die from smoking, automotive accidents and cancer than this. This is still a fairly minor risk.

When the death toll starts hitting 250 thousand in one year, then you can start to bill this a really high level issue.

Now, that doesn't mean nothing should be done. Something should be, but spreading fear and panic is not one of them.

Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

Very good point, I agree.

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Nyerguds · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:47 pm Post subject:

fun fact... the Mexican flu only made about as many victims as the normal flu. "epidemic" my arse.

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Cranium · Defense Minister **Joined**: 05 Dec 2009 **Location**: USA

Well, you have to take in consideration the fast movement of the CDC and drug companies working together to make the vaccine avaiable as quick as they did. In all honesty, this could have been a real ugly mother other wise. The SwineFlu virus "or any flu virus for that matter"is a very smart virus, the damn thing already found away around the new vaccine already. Ahhh, you gotta love evolution Razz

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Dutchygamer · Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:02 am Post subject:

They may be dangerous if you eat the meat raw, without cooking/baking it first Rolling Eyes

Deformat · Defense Minister **Joined**: 17 Sep 2007

Dutchygamer wrote:

They may be dangerous if you eat the meat raw, without cooking/baking it first Rolling Eyes

Or if you let dogs pee on the meat. #Tongue

Team SomeGuy · General **Joined**: 18 Aug 2006

Nyerguds wrote:

fun fact... the Mexican flu only made about as many victims as the normal flu. "epidemic" my arse.

That so called Swine Flu everyone got so worked up about in October made its way here. I think I had it.

Thing was, it was basically no worse than the traditional flu that goes around. I didn't need an ER visit. (Though due to health codes I had to miss work)

Team SomeGuy · General **Joined**: 18 Aug 2006

Deformat wrote:

Dutchygamer wrote:

They may be dangerous if you eat the meat raw, without cooking/baking it first Rolling Eyes

Or if you let dogs pee on the meat. #Tongue

Pee is more or less sterile even from dogs. Bacterial contamination of that usually comes later. (Unless a urinary tract infection is involved in which case...)

Vefbl4 · General **Joined**: 07 Feb 2007

Lies all lies.

There is no such thing as Swine flu. They just sometimes present simple flu as a Swine flu.

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Nyerguds · Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:22 pm Post subject:

Cranium wrote:

Well, you have to take in consideration the fast movement of the CDC and drug companies working together to make the vaccine avaiable as quick as they did. In all honesty, this could have been a real ugly mother other wise. The SwineFlu virus "or any flu virus for that matter"is a very smart virus, the damn thing already found away around the new vaccine already. Ahhh, you gotta love evolution Razz

I've HAD swine flu. It was just "feeling sick for a week while taking fever suppressing pain killers". It didn't kill me.

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Vefbl4 · General **Joined**: 07 Feb 2007

vefbl4 wrote:

Lies all lies.

There is no such thing as Swine flu. They just sometimes present simple flu as a Swine flu.

Good luck and have a good day.

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Wess · Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:37 pm Post subject:

you know what they are doing, this crap about some virus will kill us all has been going on for a couple of years now. they are trying to make us paranoid, u'll see! one of these days most of you are gonna get a shot you don't really need! ( note: i'm kinda bullshitting here, or am i... )

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Dark Templar X · Commander **Joined**: 26 Feb 2009

No, you're probably right. I would have to agree with you, Wess.

Deformat · Defense Minister **Joined**: 17 Sep 2007

Same shit with cannabis.IIRC its illegal because of some sort of doctor who received lotsa money.

inzane krazy · General **Joined**: 07 Nov 2006 **Location**: Sketchpad

Dark Templar X wrote:

No. The hype and panic surrounding it is bullshit. They'll make it out to be the terrible epidemic when that is not the case. More people still die from smoking, automotive accidents and cancer than this. This is still a fairly minor risk.

When the death toll starts hitting 250 thousand in one year, then you can start to bill this a really high level issue.

Now, that doesn't mean nothing should be done. Something should be, but spreading fear and panic is not one of them.

This.

It's just like Swine Flu.

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Crap Guy · Soldier **Joined**: 07 Dec 2009 **Location**: ???

Shit happens.

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