Comments on: Update on swine flu. Oops (sorry): H1N1 http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/05/update-on-swine-flu-oops-sorry-h1n1/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Ithaca,NY http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/05/update-on-swine-flu-oops-sorry-h1n1/comment-page-1/#comment-18105 Daniel Ithaca,NY Tue, 05 May 2009 14:19:49 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1328#comment-18105 It would be super if the experts were looking into the source and especially looking at factory farms. If these type of CAFOs/flesh factories seem to be the a large factor with the spread of Swine Flu, it would be just one more reason of many for at least the United States to stop promoting them through EPA clean-up assistance and feed subsidies for starters. It would be super if the experts were looking into the source and especially looking at factory farms.

If these type of CAFOs/flesh factories seem to be the a large factor with the spread of Swine Flu, it would be just one more reason of many for at least the United States to stop promoting them through EPA clean-up assistance and feed subsidies for starters.

]]> By: Sheila http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/05/update-on-swine-flu-oops-sorry-h1n1/comment-page-1/#comment-17979 Sheila Mon, 04 May 2009 17:07:21 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1328#comment-17979 While it may seem to be good news that this H1N1 virus might only be causing illness about as severe as the "normal" influenza here in the USA, this is still a big problem for many people. At the very least, nobody wants the experience of being sick or missing work/school. And, even with just the "normal" influenza, thousands of people in US die every year. And, there are many of us who have autoimmune diseases and take immune suppression drugs, or have respiratory disease, that put us at increased risk of having severe complications from even the "normal" influenza, now also from a new virus we have no way to vaccinate or otherwise gain immunity. So, regardless of where the fingers should point, or the perceived general low level of threat to community, some of us individuals are still quite uneasy about the personal aspects of a new disease threat. While it may seem to be good news that this H1N1 virus might only be causing illness about as severe as the “normal” influenza here in the USA, this is still a big problem for many people. At the very least, nobody wants the experience of being sick or missing work/school. And, even with just the “normal” influenza, thousands of people in US die every year. And, there are many of us who have autoimmune diseases and take immune suppression drugs, or have respiratory disease, that put us at increased risk of having severe complications from even the “normal” influenza, now also from a new virus we have no way to vaccinate or otherwise gain immunity.
So, regardless of where the fingers should point, or the perceived general low level of threat to community, some of us individuals are still quite uneasy about the personal aspects of a new disease threat.

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