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This is actually a devastating blow for the CDC, Who, and Rotary International [who has been the primary funding for the past 10-12 years in the attempt to eradicate polio. And, if we cannot eradicate the disease 100% we will have to continue with vaccinations for generations to come. They use a weakened live virus so it can be administered orally on a sugar cube or in kool aid, etc. This is primarily because it would be virtually impossible to get these uneducated fearful people to accept a needle vaccination. This risk on using a live vaccine is not getting everyone to take it

Swine Flu, H1N1novel [boy is my industry happy they chose THAT name] is the typical flu like symptons of fever, aches and pains, throbbing, sometimes diarhea and vomiting. H5N1 is much, much more serious although it can start out the same as typical flu. It is a really nasty virus which is capable of turning the body's immune system on itself even to the point that the healthier you and your immune system is, the faster it can kill you. The immune system starts attacking healthy cells, the lungs fill with blood, and in essence you suffocate and/or die from dehydration. Other than tam

Might want to check out the Virginia EPA or whatever they call it. They gave a program at another poultry seminar last year describing the nightmares they had to go through in order to get first; permission to condemn and destroy the birds [40 pound turkeys] which were worth a lot of money; and second, the manpower, equipment, resources, and a place to put them. The AI these birds had was lo-path which might have kept it under the radar. The birds were not dying at all, nor did they appear sickly or test positive for active AI. But they DID have the antibodies showing they had been expos

False. We have had no deaths to humans from H5N1. However, we have had several outbreaks in poultry, primarily in turkeys in the Shenadoah valley. And, they have been low-path varieties....not extemely fatal to the birds, but their blood tested positive for H5N1 antibodies. They were all destroyed and composted or buried at a landfill. I believe this was in 2007. There have been numerous cases of ducks and geese who have had the disease and were found dead. One particular strain has been floating around Bristish Colombia for several years, and there have been cross contaminat

Your numbers are off a bit. And note the numbers we have are from last spring through the end of July, not the typical flu season. The number of cases will drastically increase as the weather cools and people spend more time inside in close contact with other people. From the CDC website for the USA swine flu case: From April 15, 2009 to July 24, 2009, states reported a total of 43,771 confirmed and probable cases of novel influenza A (H1N1) infection. Of these cases reported, 5,011 people were hospitalized and 302 people died. a 10% fatality rate is on the alarming side although there

Free range birds or backyard flocks are a huge concern to the industry becasue of no biosecurity. And we have not identified and carriers so far other than people on the H1N1novel variety. We know some of the other varieties H5N1, etc. is carried by waterfowl who can have the virus in their system with no ill effects to them, and can spread it to other fowl through direct exposure and in their feces. So again, back yard flocks are more susceptable to this than our large intensive commercial flocks.

Eating chicken, turkey, or pork has absolutely ZERO to do with catching the virus. If you are exposed to the virus from someone who has sneezed, coughed, and or spread the shedding virus by exhaling it, then it attaches to your mucous linings in the mouth and nose. The seriousness of this new developement worldwide, but even more so for us in North Georgia, is the now recognized fact that commercially farmed fowl [turkeys, broilers, breeder chickens, laying hens, etc.] can catch the EXACT same genetic version of this H1N1 novel virus, from people. And, although not confirmed yet, th

More information on the swine flu, avian flu, human flu Stir this into the mix and you might want to definitely get vaccinated.

For those who want to have something to worry about, here is your daily tidbit. Many know, and are familiar with the H5N1 Avian Influenza the poultry industry has been dealing with worldwide for the past 10+ years. In poultry it is highly virulent [contagious], and HIGHLY pathenogenic [lethal] destroying virtually every bird exposed in a matter of days. And it is possible to transmit the disease from chickens to humans, but it must be an almost intimate relationship [like having chickens walking about your house and on the kitchen counters]. There have only been a thousand or so conf

We are actually in an epidemic stage and technically are moving towards a pandemic. The weather will play a HUGE roll in how it goes the next 2-3 months. Type A Influenza requires a continuous infectous process in order to keep spreading. The larger the portion of the population who have the illness, the larger the percentage who will get it. During warm weather we tend to have lots of fresh air in much of our daily process. Much of the air even inside buildings is fresh air which has had most of the heat removed. But when it gets colder, and we start closing everyplace up, the

I give the Brasilians alot of credit for being ahead of the curve on the entire cell phone and automobile issue. About 8 to 10 years ago, new Brasilian cars came out with a built in cell phone holder, basically universal with various attachments. The visor has a mike, and the radio broadcasts the sound. IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO HOLD A CELL PHONE AND SPEAK ON IT IN BRASIL WHILE OPERATING A CAR. You can talk on it, but only in the dash mount holder. Country wide and it has worked OK for them. I have not visited in the past 3-4 years so I don't know how they are handling texting, in t

Assuming you can get her out, and chased away from the house, the best remedy for all will be to shoot her. Cruel as it may seem, she ain't giving up and will even mate again and produce a new brood, in YOUR attic. If it makes you fell any better, they really are nothing more than rats with fuzzy tails, but rats none the less.

Sliced beef briskett, slaw, brunswick stew I put up last month, and garden tomatoes. I will have to stop and see what wines Jim at Highland Beverage has on hand that strike my fancy to go with smoked brisket and stew.

Although typically it is a small percentage, Yes, you can get the flu from the vaccine. But a DRASTICALLY reduced case. You then have the antibodies so when you are exposed to the virus you are immune. In essence you are given a killed version of the virus. Like I said, it can, in a small percentage of people still cause a very mild case of the flu. Your immune system sees the viral agents, and even though they are dead, the immune system ramps up and produces the white blood cells and antibodies to fight that version/mutant of the flu, generally for the rest of your life. I guess I

The government is involved directly with manufacturing the flu vaccines only from a standpoint of guarranteeing sufficient funding for unsold product. ALL of the vaccines come from private pharmceutical companies [Merck, Pfizer, Aventis, Sanofi, Bayer, Connaught, Smith-Glaxo-Klien. etc.]. Virtually all of them are European companies, although there are 4 or 5 production facilities in the USA again. The USA market dried up years ago because the manufacturers were not willing to spend the necessary money to make the vaccines, and then have no market to sell them in the years we had little t

Stay informed and watch what is going on. Granted, knowing what we do about the various preservatives, you may not want to vaccinate kids unless you know for certain it is from a non-preserved vaccine. But then again, how often do you feed your family fish ? You get as much or more mercury if you consume seafood on a weekly basis, with the same adverse reactions. We have not had a serious pandemic since worldwide air travel has become as common place as it is today, so for all practical purposes we are not sure what to expect. We do know this strain of H1N1 is out there and is spre

We adopted a new stuffing/dressing this past year with a Mexican twist for the son in law. Adobo Peppers and chorizo sausage with cornbread made from Masa [a Mexican finely ground cornmeal], eggs, and buttermilk. And onion, celery, etc. As a rule, the crowd does not generally care that much for the baked turkey, and we fry 2 and smoke 1 or 2, and the baked one is primarily for the stuffing. But some reaction to this stuffing, and the way we brine the turkies before hand, allowed this stuffed bird to be very juicy, albeit a bit spicy. The basting juices with the adobo peppers m

I am just glad the media has chosen to dub this the swine flu instead of an avian flu. They are the same thing. pork consumption is down 20% though. Getting a flu shot will help, if the vaccine becomes available before we go epidemic on the virus. It will be close. Handwashing and continuous disinfection of door knobs, grocery cart handles, etc. etc. You can wear a mask when the outbreak starts, but you had best buy them now and make sure the micron size of the filter is small enough. They won't be available once we are seeing lots of cases. AntiVirals [Tamiflu and Relenze] a

This semester, only Georgia Highlands is offering courses at the new campus in downtown Dallas in the old Annex Building, and classes started last week. You might could still slide into some courses but you will have missed the first 2 or 3 classes.

Think of France, except they speak Spanish. Wonderful food. Great wines. That European feel in the old city, but with a great rapid rail system. Madrid it great as well as Barcelona except for the pickpockets. They are really brazen on tourists and will almost mug you the same as try to pick your pocket. They have the history, the ambiance, the mediterrean, etc. We really had a good time taking the late high school/early college age kids and staying in a flat with a kitchen [son is a walking food disposal system so we were always worried about having to feed him in restuara

Most of ours are winging it bling while we have a week or so before or after a poultry equipment convention somewhere in the world. We did a Bed & Breakfast Rail tour of the Scottish Highlands for 10 days which was a blast. One year Luftansa was offering 10 German Rail passes if you bought a roundtrip Luftansa ticket. So we put all out convention stuff in a locker in the Frankfort airport, and we took a back pack and small duffle bag and bumed our way around Germany for 9 days. We paid for a sleeper car on the train twice and that was fun. Paris is our favorite city, but I

If you have the time, and are carrying a lot of luggage, it is easier to go the Civic Center Station where the buses originate if you want to put your luggage in the compartment under the bus. Otherwise is can be a hassle to do this at the street corner on the back side of the plaza by the 5 Points Station. If you just have a small bag you can put it in the overhead, put they are not very large.

Paulding is SO heavily tied to the housing industry [thank you very much King Jerry and Company] I am afraid locally we will be one of the last places to realize any sorrt of recovery as the recession starts to wind down in the next 18 to 24 months. Had we concerntrated on building some nice industrial parks and encourage businesses NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSING INDUSTRY to move to Paulding, things might be different. But with 80% of our work force, [or even more now that the housing industry has totally tanked] leaving the county to go to work 10, 20, 30 miles or more away from ho

Ah, but Jerry Shearin, on his own accord, gave Pat Crook a $50,000 severance package, and she already had a job line up to go to when she left the county. Just doesn't seem right does it ? And how many employees could have stayed on with the county if King Jerry and company had not pissed away $750,000 to Holland & Knight Law Firm to litigate against us.

I will go the other way. Explain to me how we can see such an increase in temperatures on something as massive as our entire ocean system with as I recall is 4/5ths of the earth's surface ? I can see annual and longer fluctuations in land air temperatures. But when you start talking about raising the temperatures of the entire world's ocean systems, you are looking at increased melt on the glaciers and ice caps. Good old Noah.....we might could use him now.