Comments on: Superbug, The Other White Meat

By: Elaine Phillips

Elaine Phillips — Sun, 01 May 2011 00:26:04 +0000

@OP: MRSA are also social organisms.

@Eccentric Vegan: “MRSA kills more Americans and is far more easily spread than AIDS.”

MRSA is resistant to antibiotics, NOT ovens. Also, if 50% of pigs living in close quarters, how can you say it is more easily communicable than AIDs? Meat consumption is going up and MRSA rates are falling.
http://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/statistics/index.html
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/oce071/oce20071d.pdf

Note: The second link is USDA meat consumption trend graph.

By: Meat can make you sick. Duh.

Meat can make you sick. Duh. — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:13:54 +0000

[...] this isn’t new. Over two years ago, another study found MRSA in nearly half of factory farmed pigs AND the pig workers. Just over one year ago, CBS [...]

By: “One End From The Other”

“One End From The Other” — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:34:00 +0000

[...] farming’s overuse of antibiotics that is helping create and sustain dangerous disease, like MRSA. The FAO report on animal agriculture “Livestock’s Long Shadow” says: [...]

By: veganprimate

veganprimate — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:42:01 +0000

I work in a medical lab in the microbiology department. I see MRSA every day. It's rampant. I love pigs. They are so damned cute, but it's gotten to where I can't look at a picture of a pig without getting upset because of all the abuses they suffer. ~ Recent blog post: More ukulele music ~

By: Eccentric Vegan

Eccentric Vegan — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:02:30 +0000

I mentioned this story to a few friends yesterday. None recognized the word “mersa” (the pronunciation of MRSA). They had heard “superbug” and they had some vague notion of a flesh-eating bacteria, but they didn’t identify MRSA as a threat.

I think it’s interesting that people readily respond to a mention of AIDS with more fear and anger than to a mention of MRSA, even though MRSA kills more Americans and is far more easily spread than AIDS.

We have to get this information out there. People need to understand the real threat of factory farming and meat-eating. They have no clue how destructive it is to humans, the planet, and animals.

By: Bea Elliott

Bea Elliott — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:08:25 +0000

Not testing for MRSA is at the very least a total, irresponsible, failure of the government to it’s responsibilities of “food” safety…

But it’s appropriate that such an evil concept of imprisoning animals, (for life) – would show it’s ugly head of justice in the way of a “flesh eating disease”.

I hope this is a pinion that brings the whole stinking monster to it’s knees.

BTW – the piggy with the painted nose is just so cute…

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