10-06-2011, 11:47 AM
The German Robert-Koch-Institute confirms the sprouts from the one producer in Lower-Saxony as the likely carrier of the infection and lifts its recommendation not to eat cucumbers, tomatoes and salad.
This is in spite of the fact that up to now the only confirmed positive O104:H4 test comes from the rest of a cucumber in Magdeburg.
It is still not clear where the initial infection originates from and if there are multiple other ways that people got infected.
Source: (in German)http://www.rki.de/cln_144/nn_205760/DE/C..._2011.html
My comment: The conditions in a sprout farm are obviously ideal to explosively multiply germs, whether harmless or dangerous, whether accidental or intentional. Adding the wide distribution of the product, it is difficult to imagine more effective ways of causing mass infections.
This is in spite of the fact that up to now the only confirmed positive O104:H4 test comes from the rest of a cucumber in Magdeburg.
It is still not clear where the initial infection originates from and if there are multiple other ways that people got infected.
Source: (in German)http://www.rki.de/cln_144/nn_205760/DE/C..._2011.html
My comment: The conditions in a sprout farm are obviously ideal to explosively multiply germs, whether harmless or dangerous, whether accidental or intentional. Adding the wide distribution of the product, it is difficult to imagine more effective ways of causing mass infections.
The most relevant literature regarding what happened since September 11, 2001 is George Orwell's "1984".