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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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 Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject: South Korea Confirms New Bird Flu Outbreak |
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South Korea Confirms New Bird Flu Outbreak
By JAE-SOON CHANG, Associated Press Writer
Sat Nov 24, 1:14 AM ET
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's first bird flu outbreak in eight months forced the slaughter of thousands of ducks in the country's south Saturday, although the deadly H5N1 virus was not involved, the government said.
The virus that caused the latest outbreak was a "low pathogenic" H7 strain that has not been known to spread to humans, said an official at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Quarantine workers slaughtered about 17,000 ducks at the farm in Gwangju, about 205 miles southwest of the capital, Seoul, the official said on condition of anonymity, citing office policy.
The outbreak, South Korea's first since March, was confirmed on Friday, the ministry official said.
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diver
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:26 am Post subject: |
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I can hardly wait for the headlines...
"Foreign Teacher Has Sex With Korean Chicken, Causes Bird Flu Outbreak" |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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| That's ok. Just eat kimchi. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: South Korea Confirms New Bird Flu Outbreak |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
| South Korea's first bird flu outbreak in eight months |
How is this possible? Back when the bird flu was other countries' problem, Korea proved  that cultures taken from kimchi kill the bird flu virus. Are you telling me the virus has mutated so quickly and is already immune to kimchi? The horror!
I hope cancer, AIDS, and SARS don't mutate either. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: South Korea Confirms New Bird Flu Outbreak |
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| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| igotthisguitar wrote: |
| South Korea's first bird flu outbreak in eight months |
How is this possible? Back when the bird flu was other countries' problem, Korea proved that cultures taken from kimchi kill the bird flu virus. Are you telling me the virus has mutated so quickly and is already immune to kimchi? The horror!
I hope cancer, AIDS, and SARS don't mutate either. |
You'll be ok. Just eat kimchi. |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I certainly hope that this leads to greater restrictions on the issuance of visas for foreign ducks. |
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SeoulShakin
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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So I read this thread, then go down to my cafeteria, and we're having duck for lunch. Go figure. Mmmmm.....bird flu.  |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I am always teasing Koreans saying, "Didn't you know kimchi cures all illnesses." That one doesn't go over very well with my wife. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:59 pm Post subject: Re: South Korea Confirms New Bird Flu Outbreak |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| Young FRANKenstein wrote: |
| igotthisguitar wrote: |
| South Korea's first bird flu outbreak in eight months |
How is this possible? Back when the bird flu was other countries' problem, Korea proved that cultures taken from kimchi kill the bird flu virus. Are you telling me the virus has mutated so quickly and is already immune to kimchi? The horror!
I hope cancer, AIDS, and SARS don't mutate either. |
You'll be ok. Just eat kimchi. |
But it's mutating to be immune to kimchi now... we need a new kimchi to kill the virus now. Ultra kimchi! |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:56 am Post subject: |
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| diver wrote: |
I can hardly wait for the headlines...
"Foreign Teacher Has Sex With Korean Chicken, Causes Bird Flu Outbreak" |
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