now, as a vegetarian, my choice is easy. i obviously don't eat any pork products. but, with the ignorantly named swine flu pandemic(i say that as it really is a mutation of flu combining swine flu, avian flu, and human originated flu never before seen.), i have noticed a lot of people are eliminating eating pork products. my work has posted a notice advising correctly(i have linked an article explaining there is no danger as verified by the cdc.) that eating pork can not cause the swine flu. despite this notice which patrons should easily be able to see, i have overheard patrons commenting that they shouldn't eat pork now because of the possibilty of catching swine flu. i want to shake these people as i find this level of ignorance and misguided decision making based on misinformation beyond aggravating. i am not trying to advocate the eating of meat. however, i feel people should make decisions for the right, most informed decisions.
and, of greater fear to me is the shocking and drastic drop in our business the last few days; and that as a restaurant known for serving pork the unfounded fear may be the reason. when i say business has dropped, i mean from being slow to being a ghost town. monday evening, we had over an hour without customers.
even sadder to me is a story about semi local potential h1n1 pandemic, the name the us government is now recommending using for the current swine flu pandemic to prevent decrease in sales of pork products in the us. i caught a bit of the 11 o'clock news about the 8 potential cases of the pandemic in maryland. 3 of these specifically involve children. parents are calling for the kids names to be released. note that these cases have yet to be confirmed. all of these children are currently hospitalized awaiting cdc confirmation of a diagnosis. the only death in the us due to the current pandemic is actually from a toddler who was visiting from mexico. and, the cdc has found a combination of tamiflu and relenza effectively combat the virus once infected. its bad enough the torture children can inflict on one another. the last thing these sick children need is to be vilified by parents too. from what i can tell, schools are notifying parents and the media that the potential occurs and doing their best to disinfect schools. one school has a crew of 20 people cleaning the school tonight. names are not needed. one should assume the possible risk once one kid could be infected without needing to know the kid's name.
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Maryland hits too close to home...I heard that one of the people tainted with the swine bug was part of Obama's entourage when he went to Mexico not long ago. Who knows.
A possible pandemic scares me...but I think it's the word that scares me most. But, the comparisons with the 1918 outbreak are pretty nerve-wracking (but, I am a worrier by nature).
As for eating pork, I've had it three times this week so far...and, knowing that you can't contract it from pork was one of the first things I read online (but I suppose people have every right to be overly cautious...to each, his own). As far as pig's go, my father told me that Egypt (or somewhere) is slaughtering their pigs. Really?
I just don't know what to think anymore...I just keep washing my hands (my poor eczema is gonna love that, but I supposed cracked skin is better than the swine flu, right?).
yes egypt's government ordered the slaughtering of all pigs in the entire country.
and luckily, we live in the us. flu season is almost over which the cdc feels should kill it off for us. it is completely treatable. and, more people are killed with lightening each year than have even contracted it here.
the biggest threat is to the economy as it appears to be doing damage to the pork industry.
oh, and all of the maryland cases were found not to be swine flu. closest cases are the 10 in south carolina.
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