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Real Reality
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 Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:56 am Post subject: Bird Flu Found in Four Koreans |
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Belatedly, bird flu found in 4 Koreans
Authorities here said yesterday that bird flu has jumped from poultry to humans in Korea, but in a manner that raised no suspicions at the time. Four quarantine officials apparently contracted the disease after culling poultry flocks in which avian influenza had been found in December 2003.... The late detection of the infections, the disease agency said, came about because of problems encountered when nations and international organizations began studying the disease intently because of the perceived risks of human infection.
by Wohn Dong-hee and Kim Chung-soo, JoongAng Daily (February 25, 2006)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200602/24/200602242207543579900090409041.html |
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Homer
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:08 am Post subject: |
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Wow RR...that must make you pretty happy.
Feeling all warm inside now?  |
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Real Reality
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Location: Seoul
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BigBlackEquus
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Lotte controls Asia with bad chocolate!
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:14 am Post subject: |
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| I damn-near died of pneumonia in Korea 3 years back. Wouldn't be at all surprised if I had caught that crap! |
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Col.Brandon
Joined: 09 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: |
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But wait a minute... I'm confused. I thought kimchi (the miracle food) was supposed to make you immune from Bird Flu? Suddenly all that I held to be true is crashing down around me. Oh, the humanity!
Guess I'd better lay off the raw duck blood soup (with kimchi) until all this dies down. |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 10:49 am Post subject: |
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| Screw a hair shirt or such a thing, give me a Kimchi shirt! |
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Zark
Joined: 12 May 2003
Location: Phuket, Thailand: Look into my eyes . . .
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Uh, I think I'll be doubling up on my kim chee rations. Garlic anyone?
I suspect that these "Koreans" that caught Bird Flu - either aren't really REAL Koreans - or that have been out cavorting with foreigners!  |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Zark wrote: |
Uh, I think I'll be doubling up on my kim chee rations. Garlic anyone?
I suspect that these "Koreans" that caught Bird Flu - either aren't really REAL Koreans - or that have been out cavorting with foreigners! :shock: |
its all the western food they've been eating....could this somehow be blamed on the popularity of chicken McNuggets?
someone get these four a kimchi IV stat! |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:17 am Post subject: |
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| Col.Brandon wrote: |
But wait a minute... I'm confused. I thought kimchi (the miracle food) was supposed to make you immune from Bird Flu? Suddenly all that I held to be true is crashing down around me. Oh, the humanity!
Guess I'd better lay off the raw duck blood soup (with kimchi) until all this dies down. |
Yeah but the four that came down with bird flu didn't suffer any ill effects, hence it went undiagnosed for a long time. Koreans will undoubtedly use this to support the belief that kimchi is proof against bird flu. |
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Col.Brandon
Joined: 09 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:44 am Post subject: |
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| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
its all the western food they've been eating....could this somehow be blamed on the popularity of chicken McNuggets? |
Are Chicken McNuggets made from chicken? I thought they were made from soy bean protein or styrofoam. |
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Caledonian Craig
Joined: 13 Jan 2006
Location: Edinburgh
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:05 am Post subject: |
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| on tv here in the UK, they had an expert on who said that you only catch this bird flu from being in contact with the bird's feathers. So eating McNuggets will be ok....maybe |
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