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roamer65

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13. Many diseases make the hop from swine to humans.

Reply to crazytown (Original post)

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 01:04 PM

Oct 2019

Last edited Thu Oct 31, 2019, 02:51 PM - Edit history (3)

I wonder if this one will as well.

They say in the article it won’t, but I’d prefer to talk to an epidemiologist on that fact.

Eating pork contaminated by the virus turns a human into a recombinant DNA test tube. Will this virus be able to make the “hop”?

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Scientists Say a Quarter of Pigs Around the World Could Die of Swine Fever [View all] crazytown Oct 2019 OP

K&R. dchill Oct 2019 #1

Imagine a world without ham or bacon ! packman Oct 2019 #2

That image leaves out the pork tail, a staple of several ethnic cuisines. Eugene Oct 2019 #3

What's that old saying packman Oct 2019 #5

That's it. paleotn Oct 2019 #19

All parts of the pig are so good, we should have pig milk and pig butter too. spike jones Oct 2019 #4

Well, in my opinion, we shouldn't be using pigs as food. Coventina Oct 2019 #6

I agree!!!! Thanks! 40RatRod Oct 2019 #7

Just curious, are aware of how pigs became domesticated? Rural_Progressive Oct 2019 #15

Feral pigs are a human created problem. Coventina Oct 2019 #16

One more reason to go vegan. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #17

Hear, hear! softydog88 Oct 2019 #18

Or kosher. Igel Oct 2019 #21

County of origin label Python boot Oct 2019 #8

'Congress removed the country of origin label'? crazytown Oct 2019 #9

I will not buy meat from Walmart because of this practise. efhmc Oct 2019 #10

This is very interesting: efhmc Oct 2019 #11

Any crisis is good Igel Oct 2019 #20

By that do you mean it is a good excuse or a good idea? efhmc Oct 2019 #22

Would it include Male chauvinist pigs? milestogo Oct 2019 #12

If it did then there are alot of Republicans that are in danger especially in the White House. nt cstanleytech Oct 2019 #14

Many diseases make the hop from swine to humans. roamer65 Oct 2019 #13