tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post603997719288588621..comments2024-03-28T20:13:21.900-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: Pigs, Pandemics and PolemicsThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-76814016645359819752009-07-16T00:16:22.726-06:002009-07-16T00:16:22.726-06:00Possible but not probable.
The pig farm had noth...Possible but not probable. <br />The pig farm had nothing to gain or lose from an accurate report. <br />The anti-agriculture folks were just as likely to have bribed the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture to have produced a condemning report as it would "prove" their hypothesis. That didn't happen either.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-32042276125399613892009-07-15T10:15:57.707-06:002009-07-15T10:15:57.707-06:00And how much did Smithfield pay him to report that...And how much did Smithfield pay him to report that? You know almost nothing gets done in Mexico without bribes and Smithfield has some deep pockets.Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-61074738303155919472009-07-14T21:26:09.312-06:002009-07-14T21:26:09.312-06:00Demeur: Dr King's article states (Dyer)insinua...Demeur: Dr King's article states (Dyer)insinuates that this novel A-H1N1 virus developed in a factory farm setting. The specific farm<br />implicated was Granjas Carroll de Mexico farm in Vera Cruz, Mexico. But on May 14, the Mexican Ministry<br />of Agriculture, Ranching, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food confirmed that the A-H1N1 virus was not detected in pigs at that farm and that the The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-10986463749414179812009-07-14T21:01:44.146-06:002009-07-14T21:01:44.146-06:00To emphasize one of your points, "reverse zoo...To emphasize one of your points, "reverse zoonosis" is always a problem. That's where the animals get diseases from people. <br /><br />Important as well: "What is missing on the factory farms are people. Lots of animals or birds but very few people relative to “traditional” agricultural practices."<br /><br />Likewise: "Several of our recent (almost) epidemics (AsianRob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-10815345365084064482009-07-14T18:05:39.638-06:002009-07-14T18:05:39.638-06:00I've found the best meats from very small farm...I've found the best meats from very small farms. I do worry about mad cow. Much of the problem with swine flu came from a factory farm in Mexico that was a part of Smithfield and American. Got to watch those greedy capitalists.<br /><br />On those 737s you'll be happy to know that Boeing made special landing gear for planes sold in Russia. Not wanting to spend the money on runways the Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-1539149649353268452009-07-14T17:17:52.092-06:002009-07-14T17:17:52.092-06:00I'd say be prepared for some "eccentrics&...I'd say be prepared for some "eccentrics" to come out of the wood work for this one.Your sonnoreply@blogger.com