Re: Animal disease risks to humans - MRSA


"TDKozan" <sp_ot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John Husvar wrote:
In article <1L2dncdzKNg5Mx7bnZ2dnUVZ8tqinZ2d@xxxxxx>,
"Pat Gardiner" <patgardiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Anyway, pig herds, that have suffered multiple epidemics in recent years
are
now infecting the farmers with MRSA. I'm very suspicious that the common
idea that hospitals and locker rooms are the main source is wrong.
Livestock
and meat may well be the real source.

Thank you for the explanation. That's an interesting hypothesis.

If this virus has crossed the species barrier, things could get very
interesting indeed.

Guess I should put off buying a Pot-Belly Pig, eh? (not to mention
taking care buying bacon:)

As long as you take a few minutes to *cook* your bacon, you'll be
fine. Odds are that the cure will nuke any /bacterial/ infestations
that may have been present but cooking will take care of both bacteria
and virii. If prions are a consideration, cooking doesn't help but
that's not the case here.

So, in short, unless you're a pork sashimi fan or a pork farmer with
open wounds on your bod, you're just fine.

That is correct. Alas most of my family are butchers, slaughtermen etc and
we used to keep pigs!

There are other risks, but they are more general.


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Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com



TK

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