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2008-04-06 Science & Technology

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-06 16:56|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Note to self: Don't drink the date palm juice--or the water. Stick with the beer, rum or gin.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-04-06 17:36|| 2008-04-06 17:36|| Front Page Top

#2 and avoid the Fruit Bat kebab

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-06 17:48|| 2008-04-06 17:48|| Front Page Top

#3 I notice how no real absolute numbers are given. So in order for "between 40 and 100%" to die, I would say that a reasonable number would be 5 cases of the disease and somewhere between 2 and 5 die.

Seriously, because they don't mention any actual numbers of cases, it is my experience that number of cases is so low that it would not be a sensational news story if it was included. I have a feeling we are likely talking less than 100 people, in a world of billions.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-04-06 17:49|| 2008-04-06 17:49|| Front Page Top

#4 "From September 1998 - April 1999, there was a large outbreak of encephalitis in Malaysia. During the investigation of this outbreak, Nipah virus, a previously unrecognized virus, was identified as the causal agent. A total of 265 people were infected, of whom 105 died. Ninety-three percent of cases had occupational exposure to pigs."
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs262/en/

Posted by Darrell 2008-04-06 17:59|| 2008-04-06 17:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Allan said pigs are unclean and Muslims shouldn't have anything to do with them.
Seriously, it sounds like a disease one wouldn't wish on anyone but his worst enemies.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-04-06 18:07|| 2008-04-06 18:07|| Front Page Top

#6 In Asia people eat fruit bats. I was once in Borneo with a couple of locals who were trying to shoot down fruit bats with a shotgun. They told me it used to be easier, but the bats had learned to fly higher out of range.

Posted by phil_b 2008-04-06 18:31|| 2008-04-06 18:31|| Front Page Top

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