Ebola may have passed from a pig to a human (food, meat)

[Xpat]

I certainly hope this does not spread and harm anyone but its yet another reminder of how a vegetarian diet helps you avoid such such things.

Ebola may have passed from a pig to a human - International Herald Tribune

[Wicked Felina]

The article sure isn't surprising at all, is it? Let's hope these are isolated incidents. Of course, I don't think they are.

At the very least, I hope that people who are able to will stay away from meat produced on giant farms. That'd be a step in the right direction!

[MrsMtnsOnTheMind]

Pigs are gross.

[Gerania]

"Dr. Lubroth said the first pigs tested were very sick..."

Ah, poor little pig.

Mrs, pigs are cute.
YouTube - Babe Movie Trailer

[MrsMtnsOnTheMind]

They are cute but gross to eat. Animals are friends, not food

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by MrsMtnsOnTheMind

They are cute but gross to eat. Animals are friends, not food

LOL I've seen that sticker!

[Cliffie]

Dude, I want to know how an African, simian, hemmoragic fever virus made it inside a pig in the Phillipines in the first place!

[Wicked Felina]

Originally Posted by Cliffie

Dude, I want to know how an African, simian, hemmoragic fever virus made it inside a pig in the Phillipines in the first place!

Cross contamination? I quote, with liberty: "The grave threat of...bioengineered foods, viruses and retro-viruses crossing species barriers by eating intensely farmed animals or using them in medical research [has yet to be understood]". Prof. Goodall.

You'll note in the article that that particular virus was first found in the Phillipines some twenty years ago in a monkey that had been transfered there from a medical research lab in Virginia.

In other words we don't know exactly how, but it happened. And the possibilites are not comforting.

[Cliffie]

I concur.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by SeeBee

Cross contamination? I quote, with liberty: "The grave threat of...bioengineered foods, viruses and retro-viruses crossing species barriers by eating intensely farmed animals or using them in medical research [has yet to be understood]". Prof. Goodall.

You'll note in the article that that particular virus was first found in the Phillipines some twenty years ago in a monkey that had been transfered there from a medical research lab in Virginia.

In other words we don't know exactly how, but it happened. And the possibilites are not comforting.

Oh, The Hot Zone.