[all4one]

DC...this is the kind of story that makes my knees weak...and my stomach churn. Prayers for this young man and his family. I hope that since he works in a chicken plant, the doctors have thought to check for a strain of the Avian flu. It may not have officially hit our shores yet, but it would be a good idea to check into this as a hypothesis.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Public-health experts have a more chilling warning, which King County Board of Health members will hear today: The avian influenza virus that has caused destruction of more than 120 million chickens and killed 50 humans in Asia since late 2003 is just a genetic tweak away from becoming one of the deadliest human epidemics in nearly a century.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002242052_birdflu15m.html

Thank you both. Most of the employees at these plants are immigrants.

[JustPiper]

There was also frozen chicken recalled in Minnesota:

SALMONELLOSIS, FROZEN CHICKEN - USA (MINNESOTA)

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almonella cases linked to frozen chicken entrees

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Health officials have warned consumers to make sure they fully cook frozen meat and poultry products, in the wake of several _Salmonella_ infections linked to frozen chicken entrees sold in Minnesota and Michigan.

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food-disease/news/april2205salmo.html
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And don't forget the so called found missing flu vials:

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/h2n2situation.htm