Breed them, feed them and then eat them – contracting animal diseases frequently might just be their way of getting back at us…
Cultures across the world, for eons, have justified the slaughter of animals for the consumption of mankind, ‘because God/Nature created them for our sustenance.’ But today, sustenance has become the cornerstone of commerce and the meat industry, allegedly, has become a needlessly cruel and literally blood-thirsty enterprise. So now, is the animal farm hitting back? ‘Swine flu’ (H1N1 virus) is the latest casualty that has hit the western world and is worrying everyone around. As the name suggests, it is the virus that often causes influenza outbreaks in pigs, especially during the late fall and winter months. While the season of the outbreaks of their ‘common cold’ is similar to humans,’ the symptoms (running nose, coughing, sneezing, fever, laziness etc.) are surprisingly similar too. Normally, swine flu viruses do not infect humans. It is the direct exposure to pigs in either a breeding farm or fun fair that leads to infection in humans and is contagious like regular influenza. “It is a different strain. Though cold and cough are the symptoms, the body might not be immune to it. In those cases, it can take shape of a lethal pneumonia and may cause death,” says Dr. S. M. Sachdeva, Senior Consultant Cardiologist.
It is the horrifying memory of the biggest and the deadliest global endemic, Spanish Flu (a subtype of H1N1 virus and similar to swine flu) of 1918 which causes concern and panic every time such influenzas surface.
Cultures across the world, for eons, have justified the slaughter of animals for the consumption of mankind, ‘because God/Nature created them for our sustenance.’ But today, sustenance has become the cornerstone of commerce and the meat industry, allegedly, has become a needlessly cruel and literally blood-thirsty enterprise. So now, is the animal farm hitting back? ‘Swine flu’ (H1N1 virus) is the latest casualty that has hit the western world and is worrying everyone around. As the name suggests, it is the virus that often causes influenza outbreaks in pigs, especially during the late fall and winter months. While the season of the outbreaks of their ‘common cold’ is similar to humans,’ the symptoms (running nose, coughing, sneezing, fever, laziness etc.) are surprisingly similar too. Normally, swine flu viruses do not infect humans. It is the direct exposure to pigs in either a breeding farm or fun fair that leads to infection in humans and is contagious like regular influenza. “It is a different strain. Though cold and cough are the symptoms, the body might not be immune to it. In those cases, it can take shape of a lethal pneumonia and may cause death,” says Dr. S. M. Sachdeva, Senior Consultant Cardiologist.
It is the horrifying memory of the biggest and the deadliest global endemic, Spanish Flu (a subtype of H1N1 virus and similar to swine flu) of 1918 which causes concern and panic every time such influenzas surface.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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