[entropy12]

Avoid buying pork products from China! I wouldn’t put past them to use those pigs.

[Drango]

Pig out!

[V_TWIN]

“Almost half the pigs in China, on the other hand, came from hundreds of thousands of small, backyard operations”

And theres the problem. Zero regulation or oversight no doubt.

[rrrod]

Die commie pug...or sumthin...

[jjotto]

Meanwhile, there’s record high pork production in the USA.

[ArtDodger]

On top of this, the US deer are becoming infected with the ‘wasting’ disease. In the Western US, I am told, harvested deer must be tested before consumption. The disease is now in Virginia.

Looks like we have to fall back on the old stand by, squirrel heads and gravy!

[LeonardFMason]

Any chance that Rosie O’Donnell, Michael Moore, or Jerry Nadler is travelling to China?

We can hope can’t we?

[Da Coyote]

Howz about producing a variation - “Swamp Fever” - and introduce it to D.C.? We could really do with far fewer swine there.

[unread]

"Swine Fever Is Killing Vast Numbers Of Pigs In China.

Hmmm.. I guess the dimocraps better stay home for a while....

[allendale]

Wasn’t long ago that Chinese aviaries were the source of bird flu. Any food imported from China is suspect. Also all those generic drugs manufactured in China such as losartan and valsartan were adulterated and had to be removed. The FDA caught those but there are thousands of other supplements and products that are imported, relabeled and consumed without any quality control.

[bk1000]

I guess they’ll be buying US pigs after all.

[NativeSon]

We can avoid pork products for food but there are other areas that will be affected by the reduction of the Chinese pig population.

Porcine derived materials can originate from China and you will not be made aware. When a supply crises arises, an opportune opens that many times leads to economically driven, adulterated medicinal products.

Over sulfated chondroitin sulfate looks and behaves a lot like the dimeric glycosides in heparin but may kill some people (anaphylaxis). The compound was added by raw material consolidators in China after large losses to herds (within China) to “bulk up” the output to pharmaceutical companies producing heparin.

Synthetic heparin has been developed but I’m not sure if it has been approved/viable for use.

[airborne]

Trump’s fault!

8^)

[reed13k]

They had the same issue last year. Looks like they didn’t get a handle on it.

https://www.economist.com/china/2018/09/06/african-swine-flu-is-causing-alarm-in-china-and-beyond

[BuffaloJack]

I guess this means we can expect a season of Swine Flu in our future.
I had swine flue in the 60s. Not fun.

[JimRed]

A vaccine should not be that difficult to create.

[Vaduz]

Going to be a hard long winter for them.

[smiles359]

Important note: This disease is harmless to humans.

[PA Engineer]

I expect a very aggressive China over the next couple of years. How do you feed 1.5 Billion people to maintain stability. Dynasties fall every grand solar minimum. China knows this.

There is another food supply failure occurring right now that has been poorly reported. Did you know China is the second largest corn producer in the world?

Corn Production By Country

The corn losses from armyworm infestation have been underreported and expected to destroy over 50% of this years harvest.

The ‘Pocket-Sized Monster’ Terrifying Farmers the World Over

Watch the weather. The US will barely be able to cover it's own agricultural needs this year. There is also reduced carryover stock because of this springs flooding. If there is an early frost, get your preps and gardens ready.

[DungeonMaster]

Maybe the pigs are possessed and jumping in the sea. Could be due to the anti-Christian government they have.