tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583544120956527475.post5687321685319125390..comments2024-02-15T11:05:15.579-06:00Comments on Apathetic Lemming of the North: Swine Flu 2009Brian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583544120956527475.post-81352511928933276362009-06-19T22:17:24.713-05:002009-06-19T22:17:24.713-05:00gutsamillion,
Pig farming is a big part of the e...gutsamillion, <br /><br />Pig farming is a big part of the economy around here, and I know how high the standards are. <br /><br />Just the same, I'm a bit cautious about saying 'it can't happen here.' Earlier this year, America had quite a scare involving poison peanuts: from an American processing plant, where high standards should have been maintained - but weren't. ("<a href="http://apatheticlemming.blogspot.com/2009/02/peanut-peril-remembering.html" rel="nofollow">Peanut Peril: Remembering</a>" (February 26, 2009))<br /><br />I've got a high opinion of the American food production and distribution system: but even the best system can fail, now and again.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583544120956527475.post-35887543940513320622009-06-12T19:58:36.716-05:002009-06-12T19:58:36.716-05:00I wanted to post that this couldn't happen in ...I wanted to post that this couldn't happen in an american farm. We have much higher safety and sanitary standards as proven by this video:<br /><br />http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_413/high_tech_hogs.htmgutsamillionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657959588231500859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583544120956527475.post-52255912153353034622009-04-30T12:39:00.000-05:002009-04-30T12:39:00.000-05:00BNS,
I hope I didn't sound curt there. This is a...BNS, <br /><br />I hope I didn't sound curt there. This is a rather rapidly changing situation - and I see that your link now has WHO claiming that they've raised the level to 5. <br /><br />Thanks for the heads-up, BTW: I've made errors before, and probably will again.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583544120956527475.post-44587671682773113962009-04-30T12:37:00.000-05:002009-04-30T12:37:00.000-05:00BNS,
I know: the alert phase was four, before WH...BNS, <br /><br />I know: the alert phase was four, before WHO raised it to five. <A HREF="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-G1kSAM9yaH00eBrXD2S5s-3ZhgD97SBAP80" REL="nofollow">The Associated Press</A> was fairly clear about that: and other news organizations agree.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583544120956527475.post-57568649436495797852009-04-29T10:28:00.000-05:002009-04-29T10:28:00.000-05:00Glad to see your post with links to the real facts...Glad to see your post with links to the real facts about this outbreak. There are far too many rumors circulating, so it's very important to direct readers to reliable, authoritative info sources.<br /><br />One correction to your post: The day before yesterday, <A HREF="http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/index.html" REL="nofollow">the WHO raised the pandemic alert level to 4</A>.<br /><br />BobbieBNShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709074385552082635noreply@blogger.com