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Mexico outbreak traced to 'manure lagoons' at pig farm
The Times (UK) ^
| 04/28/09
| Chris Ayres
Posted on 04/27/2009 5:30:40 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Mexico outbreak traced to 'manure lagoons' at pig farm
A village where residents have long complained about the smell and flies from a pig farm may be the source of the outbreak
Chris Ayres in Mexico City
The first known case of swine flu emerged a fortnight earlier than previously thought in a village where residents have long complained about the smell and flies from a nearby pig farm, it emerged last night.
The Mexican Government said it initially thought that the victim, Edgar Hernandez, 4, was suffering from ordinary influenza but laboratory testing has since shown that he had contracted swine flu. The boy went on to make a full recovery, although it is thought that at least 148 others in Mexico have died from the disease, and the number is expected to rise.
News of the infected boy is expected to create controversy in Mexico because the boy lived in Veracruz state, home to thousands of farmers who claim that their land was stolen from them by the Mexican Government in 1992. The farmers, who call themselves Los 400 Pueblos – The 400 Towns – are famous for their naked marches through the streets of Mexico City.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: april2009flu; manurelagoon; mexico; mexiflu; swineflu
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Mexico outbreak traced to 'manure lagoons' at pig farm
I had no idea the outbreak started in Congress
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:31:40 PM PDT
by
G8 Diplomat
(I'm learning Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Russian so someday you won't have to)
To: G8 Diplomat
Hey, look at all the pork in DC. Gotta be some swine flu in there somewhere.
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:32:25 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: TigerLikesRooster
These are US Hog Farmer Manure Lagoons
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:33:29 PM PDT
by
Scythian
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:33:32 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
("too much money is spent on extending the life of old people who are just gonna die anyway J Elders)
To: G8 Diplomat
Just like the Simpsons movie.
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:34:18 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(Damn the world apology tour!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
"That was a manure lagoon?!"
To: TigerLikesRooster
"The facility, Granjas Carroll de Mexico, is partly owned by Smithfield Foods, a Virginia-based US company and the world’s largest producer and processor of pork products." It's America'a fault. Obama will have to apologize for this.
To: TigerLikesRooster
manure lagoons
LOL.
There just has to be a joke about the U.S. senate there somewhere...
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:40:26 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
To: Jim Robinson
I am sure they now feel better, because they have found a way to blame American for this.
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:44:12 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
To: Snickering Hound
I thinks I spies twins in that pic! the two taller ones have got to be twins.
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:46:46 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: TigerLikesRooster
What’s so funny? Ever heard of a septic tank? OR a cesspool? Same thing.
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:47:24 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: TigerLikesRooster
manure lagoons Pardon me, can you tell me how to get to the -- never mind!
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:48:31 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: mamelukesabre
Haha, they had a great LAKE of shit at chu lai in 66.
No water skiing though.
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:49:40 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
Oh yeah, and the fish tasted like crap.
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:50:32 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
On the 7:30 CNN Headline News, the newsbabe ranted on with her “animal rights” guest about conditions in US pig farms, completely oblivious that this came from Mexico.
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:51:34 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
To: PapaBear3625
"... completely oblivious that this came from Mexico."
You don't seem to understand. It affects the world. It's bad. Therefore, the U.S. is at fault. An apology from Obama is imminent.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Not if it flu.
Denuge, maybe, but not flu.
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posted on
04/27/2009 5:57:20 PM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I don't believe it. The flu is a virus, it needs a living animal to reproduce in.
Now I'd believe it originated in the swine whose "byproduct" fills up that lagoon.
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posted on
04/27/2009 6:02:41 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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