Translated an interesting article I read in a Dutch newspaper using google:
translate.google.nl...
article%2Fdetail%2F2441438%2F2011%2F06%2F04%2FWHO-Niet-groente-maar-vlees-is-bron-EHEC.dhtml&act=url
So an Italian scientist working for the WHO speaks up about the bacteria and claims it is likely the source is infected meat poorly heated or raw
meat, the mutation could have occured because of antibiotics abuse.
Which was already suggested here on ATS, not sure which topic, but a poster made a comment about the use of antibiotics helped create this mutation
and it is likely the source was meat rather than vegetables. Which is info that can be read on many websites, ecoli lives in the gut of animals and
can only survive a certain amount of time outside of it's host. So it is likely the restaurant in Lübeck identified as the source had contaminated
meat
(
source, translated from dutch
with google translate )
What a blunder the Germans made claiming it came from vegetables, costing millions in losses over export while anyone can read this info on wikipedia.
Or was this intentional disinfo so the public would not notice the antibiotics abuse, put the blame on vegetables which doesn't have anything as
antibiotics which might create a scandal? Probably not but it is a strange situation. Either way I'm seriously considering becoming a veggie because
of this, who knows what kind of deadly mutated bacteria might pop up in the years to come.
edit on 4/6/2011 by Dragonfly79 because: added link
on possible source in Lubeck
