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antgonz
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 Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:19 pm Post subject: Pork and the Swine Flu Virus |
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| Is it safe to eat pork in Korea right now? Or is this just some exaggeration in the news? |
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polonius
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From the CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/key_facts.htm
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Can people catch swine flu from eating pork?
No. Swine influenza viruses are not transmitted by food. You can not get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork and pork products is safe. Cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160�F kills the swine flu virus as it does other bacteria and viruses. |
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antgonz
Joined: 30 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 12:51 am Post subject: |
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marlow
Joined: 06 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 5:31 am Post subject: Re: Pork and the Swine Flu Virus |
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| antgonz wrote: |
| Or is this just some exaggeration in the news? |
It's Korean protectionism at its finest. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:09 am Post subject: |
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It quote Dr. Cox:
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| I've been involved in every ridiculous TV induced panic there is - poison pills, SARS, West Nile, North Face, South Fork, East River, Monkeypox, pop rocks, toilet snakes, Mad Cow, Bird Flu, Swine Flu, and quite frankly every other flu that you could really only catch if you actually fornicated with the animal it's named for. |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| Straphanger wrote: |
It quote Dr. Cox:
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| I've been involved in every ridiculous TV induced panic there is - poison pills, SARS, West Nile, North Face, South Fork, East River, Monkeypox, pop rocks, toilet snakes, Mad Cow, Bird Flu, Swine Flu, and quite frankly every other flu that you could really only catch if you actually fornicated with the animal it's named for. |
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Just call it Influenza A (the flu)
Variants are sometimes named according to the species (host) the strain is endemic in or adapted to. The main variants named using this convention are:
Bird flu
Human flu
Swine flu
Horse flu
Dog flu
Cat flu
The Influenza A virus subtypes that have been confirmed in humans, ordered by the number of known human pandemic deaths, are:
H1N1 caused "Spanish Flu" and the 2009 swine flu outbreak
H2N2 caused "Asian Flu" in the late 1950s
H3N2 caused "Hong Kong Flu" in the late 1960s
H5N1 considered a global influenza pandemic threat through its spread in the mid-2000s
H7N7 has unusual zoonotic potential
H1N2 is currently endemic in humans and pigs
H9N2, H7N2, H7N3, H5N2, H10N7.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenzavirus_A |
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amo_jh
Joined: 21 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:19 am Post subject: Re: Pork and the Swine Flu Virus |
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| marlow wrote: |
| antgonz wrote: |
| Or is this just some exaggeration in the news? |
It's Korean protectionism at its finest. |
Did Korea ban imports of Mexican or American pork? It says only China, Russia, and some other countries banned the import, but not Korea. |
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marlow
Joined: 06 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: Pork and the Swine Flu Virus |
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| amo_jh wrote: |
| marlow wrote: |
| antgonz wrote: |
| Or is this just some exaggeration in the news? |
It's Korean protectionism at its finest. |
Did Korea ban imports of Mexican or American pork? It says only China, Russia, and some other countries banned the import, but not Korea. |
OK, they didn't. My bad.  Trigger happy marlow at it again.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/05/06/200905060108.asp |
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