You missed the real issue... while you still have a point. But the issue the article is about is not the prescription of antibiotics to humans but to cattle, that's actually why it talks about farmers
Cattle is fed antibiotics as a "preventive measure" just in case and with the aim of lowering production costs by avoiding diseases. Note that I haven't used quotes around 'fed' as they are literally doing that shoveling massive amounts of antibiotica in the the cattle's fodder.
You have clearly understood the dangers of prescribing unnecessary antibiotica to humans... now think about that at a ten of hundredfold scale which is what is happening right now
These antibiotics affect the public health in several manners:
1) Antibiotic residues can be still present in the meat and animal residues (urine, etc) and enter the human body where it will be able to produce effects such as the ones described by you
2) Already resistant microflora can contaminate the meat or reside in the environment the farmers are exposed too or can reach the outside world via urine and detritus or directly airborne
The issue is not new and actually already causing quite some trouble, deaths and huge economical costs: You may recall the bacteria 'Salmonella' that is practically ubiquitous in all poultry products that you can find in a common supermarket. This microorganism causes thousands of infections yearly and including deaths to such an extend that in warm EU countries like Spain it has been forbidden to use eggs and egg products in public establishments during the summer. These organisms are actually resistant strains that have been selected and thrive in the antibiotic laden bodies of industrial poultry.
Another source of concern is the proliferation of "superbugs" in the hospitals which are already causing intra-hospitalary infections to humans ending many times in chronic diseases which are expensive to treat
This goes to such an extend that here in Holland personel of risk groups (farmers, meat-industry workers, veterinaries, etc) are required to access the hospitals and sanitary instalations through a separate entry and are also held in isolated precincts
.And there is the risk of direct infections such as we saw with the bird flu or the 2009 Q Fever epidemics
here in Holland, not to forget the Mad Cows episodes.
And the problem is not only the fact that these medicines are being used, the problem is the humungous scale of the operation as cattle's biomass exceeds the mass of the human population several times (!).
Summing up: We are wasting a valuable weapon in the fight against diseases and at the same time creating new and costly health hazards just to get some extra bacon. Most of which we directly throw away
The cash invested in space exploration is used to find places to settle, find these starving people if there are such, find alternatives and solutions to their problems... think climate science, mapping resources, telecommunications, geological surveys, plague control, environmental hazards control...
And that's exactly were it goes to:)
In 2014 bitching against space exploration is nothing more than an exercise in stupidity
> Unfortunately that cash can't magically feed and hydrate all the starving children in Africa or wherever your tears fall for.
Yes, but it can rent the required number of U-Haul's to move them OUT OF THE DESERT to where the FOOD AND WATER is.
And if I may inquire: Where exactly is this magical place?
And what exactly are you going to do with the population that is in the places were the food and water is?
I never though that the US government would be so mean
Now millions of iPhones of ISIS are infected with U2's last "album" and many will have no idea on how to remove it, driving them to commit suicide in the most horrible and painful manners imaginable like barbecuing themselves at slow flame or drowning in rotting pig pee.
I don think that even ISIS deserves this much pain and suffering
What if we made a bet? I will totally let you eat me if you survive 10 rounds with me:)
Don't worry mate, I'm untrained, so that I would only shove you a 16kg kettlebell up your butt.
Consider that I am only vegan for animal products, but I would have a fine use for all the lard to make soap of (family recipe from uncle Adolph)
No idea, I have read him in Spanish and German and in both languages the translations seemed to be very similar in tone. In fact Lem's prose is extremely comical when he wants (just check out the Star Diaries!!!).
The only thing from this author I have read in English is Solaris. Awesome.
Makes up for a very good short-story duel with Philip K Dick (alternately reading a short story from each author)
Since when is science fiction rated by the predictions of the authors? I thought this was the work of futurists.
Lem was critical of America? Have you read him?
Mate, I come to read an article about MOOC and their failures and what I read is a stupid and unrelated pile of shit about who cool it would be to learn shit with the Occulus Drift. Fucking hell mate, what a waste of my time.
For us runners and trail-runners the needs are more such things as battery live, GPS, build in HRM (if possible) .
The fact of being independent from phones / tablets is also a plus as this avoids extra encumbrance.
Regarding software there are three important things:
* The common chronograph/GPS functions (pace, distance, etc) plus HRM
* Mapping
* link to a PC/Mac/tablet (for uploading data after workout)
There actually are a few such devices already in the market: One is the Timex Ironman One (with built-in 3G support) and the Tom-Tom Multisport Cardio. Tehre was another startup that had an awesome flat screen with Google Maps but a very reduced battery life.
Anyway and as I see that people will go all wild about heart rate now: Most real sporters don't care about it. Despite being a very good training tool (!) but while it is good to know it from time to time we are more interested in times, paces. speeds, distances or volume than heart rate.
I measure mine maybe three or four times during the running season, one at the beginning and a few times after that, just to get my resting HR.
And here is another issue:
Most people have no idea what the heart rate means and nobody will care to calculate his/her own ones but happily accept pre-made formulas (forget it, not even Karvonnen works).
And you forget accumulation of sand and other materials in the dam that needs to be removed, loss of fertility of the soils downstream, potential change in the oxygen levels and chemical composition of the waters in the whole river system including potential eutrophication and potential creation of greenhouse gasses due to massive algae blooms.
Li has no restrictions, it can be put into landfills, it's a light metal belonging to the first period and quite reactive. Not a big deal actually. So no blue barrels needed.
It is not chemically dangerous but in powder form it is... (I bet you will love this): Explosive!!!
So, now I need to find a way to get the Li from the batteries and create my very own Mythbusters lab in the backyard!!! Whoooooooooooooo!
Since when is Lithium an environmental hazard?
Are you aware that Li is a light metal? It actually lighter than Aluminium... ever heard about Aluminium contamination?
Do you know that Lithium is also easily recyclable? No?
Well, in this case I would recommend to use Google, because, you know... you aren't the only one that can use a keyboard and has a computer, you may be the only one in your redneck teabagging club, but don take it for granted outside of your town in the Rocky's
It may have no fear from Predator but it shuddered in terror for Cthulhu!
"The things once rearing and dwelling in this frightful masonry in the age of dinosaurs were not indeed dinosaurs, but far worse. Mere dinosaurs were new and almost brainless objects... but the builders of the city were wise and old [...] They were the Great Old Ones that filtered down from the stars when the earth was young [...]
I too was driven from home by trolls. And I am greately satisfied with their service: They charge a decent price and bring you quick an safely to your destination. The only min point is that they only drive by night a they have this little problem with sunlight.
In any case I would highly recoomend the Troll Taxy Service, exellent IMO.
It's the Koch bro's mate, they don't care what it is about they are bitching, seems that these guys are now outsourcing astroturfing for others (I otherwise don't see the relation of the Kochs Bro's with the internet).
I wouldn't waste too much time, these guys use the following code for their trolling:
cat/dev/random | mail -s "$1 is antiamerican" $youremail
Ha! You treacherous Englishman wanting to make these poor Yanks believe that you don't have a powerful army. But you can't trick me, I have read a lot and I am well informed about these Knights of the Round Table you have hidden somewhere in a secret place known as Camelot.
As far as I know England has no army. Maybe if you wait a few years and Wales and Northern Ireland follow suite to Scotland it will. Unless you count the supporters of West Ham United... pretty scary of you ask me.
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Oh, in France they call that "Charcuterie"
You missed the real issue... while you still have a point. But the issue the article is about is not the prescription of antibiotics to humans but to cattle, that's actually why it talks about farmers
Cattle is fed antibiotics as a "preventive measure" just in case and with the aim of lowering production costs by avoiding diseases. Note that I haven't used quotes around 'fed' as they are literally doing that shoveling massive amounts of antibiotica in the the cattle's fodder.
You have clearly understood the dangers of prescribing unnecessary antibiotica to humans... now think about that at a ten of hundredfold scale which is what is happening right now
These antibiotics affect the public health in several manners:
The issue is not new and actually already causing quite some trouble, deaths and huge economical costs: You may recall the bacteria 'Salmonella' that is practically ubiquitous in all poultry products that you can find in a common supermarket. This microorganism causes thousands of infections yearly and including deaths to such an extend that in warm EU countries like Spain it has been forbidden to use eggs and egg products in public establishments during the summer. These organisms are actually resistant strains that have been selected and thrive in the antibiotic laden bodies of industrial poultry.
Another source of concern is the proliferation of "superbugs" in the hospitals which are already causing intra-hospitalary infections to humans ending many times in chronic diseases which are expensive to treat
This goes to such an extend that here in Holland personel of risk groups (farmers, meat-industry workers, veterinaries, etc) are required to access the hospitals and sanitary instalations through a separate entry and are also held in isolated precincts
.And there is the risk of direct infections such as we saw with the bird flu or the 2009 Q Fever epidemics here in Holland, not to forget the Mad Cows episodes.
And the problem is not only the fact that these medicines are being used, the problem is the humungous scale of the operation as cattle's biomass exceeds the mass of the human population several times (!).
Summing up: We are wasting a valuable weapon in the fight against diseases and at the same time creating new and costly health hazards just to get some extra bacon. Most of which we directly throw away
Some interesting texts:
Antibiotic Residues - A Global Health Hazard [Nisha A.R.],
The cash invested in space exploration is used to find places to settle, find these starving people if there are such, find alternatives and solutions to their problems... think climate science, mapping resources, telecommunications, geological surveys, plague control, environmental hazards control...
And that's exactly were it goes to :)
In 2014 bitching against space exploration is nothing more than an exercise in stupidity
> Unfortunately that cash can't magically feed and hydrate all the starving children in Africa or wherever your tears fall for.
Yes, but it can rent the required number of U-Haul's to move them OUT OF THE DESERT to where the FOOD AND WATER is.
And if I may inquire: Where exactly is this magical place? And what exactly are you going to do with the population that is in the places were the food and water is?
Another nice name for one of the ships FYP (of course, Fuck You Putin)
I prefer Desi chicks and if possible without clothing at all!
I never though that the US government would be so mean
Now millions of iPhones of ISIS are infected with U2's last "album" and many will have no idea on how to remove it, driving them to commit suicide in the most horrible and painful manners imaginable like barbecuing themselves at slow flame or drowning in rotting pig pee.
I don think that even ISIS deserves this much pain and suffering
Obama! You are a Criminal!!!
Oh, a fatty cute nerdy wanting to sound badass :_(
What if we made a bet? I will totally let you eat me if you survive 10 rounds with me :)
Don't worry mate, I'm untrained, so that I would only shove you a 16kg kettlebell up your butt.
Consider that I am only vegan for animal products, but I would have a fine use for all the lard to make soap of (family recipe from uncle Adolph)
Indeed, I never read that! Now I can go to sleep having learned a really interesting fact about one of my favourite authors and books!
THX :) (sorry, no moderator points left)
No idea, I have read him in Spanish and German and in both languages the translations seemed to be very similar in tone. In fact Lem's prose is extremely comical when he wants (just check out the Star Diaries!!!). The only thing from this author I have read in English is Solaris. Awesome. Makes up for a very good short-story duel with Philip K Dick (alternately reading a short story from each author)
Since when is science fiction rated by the predictions of the authors? I thought this was the work of futurists. Lem was critical of America? Have you read him?
Mate, I come to read an article about MOOC and their failures and what I read is a stupid and unrelated pile of shit about who cool it would be to learn shit with the Occulus Drift. Fucking hell mate, what a waste of my time.
For us runners and trail-runners the needs are more such things as battery live, GPS, build in HRM (if possible) . The fact of being independent from phones / tablets is also a plus as this avoids extra encumbrance.
Regarding software there are three important things:
* The common chronograph/GPS functions (pace, distance, etc) plus HRM
* Mapping
* link to a PC/Mac/tablet (for uploading data after workout)
There actually are a few such devices already in the market: One is the Timex Ironman One (with built-in 3G support) and the Tom-Tom Multisport Cardio. Tehre was another startup that had an awesome flat screen with Google Maps but a very reduced battery life.
Anyway and as I see that people will go all wild about heart rate now: Most real sporters don't care about it. Despite being a very good training tool (!) but while it is good to know it from time to time we are more interested in times, paces. speeds, distances or volume than heart rate.
I measure mine maybe three or four times during the running season, one at the beginning and a few times after that, just to get my resting HR.
And here is another issue:
Most people have no idea what the heart rate means and nobody will care to calculate his/her own ones but happily accept pre-made formulas (forget it, not even Karvonnen works).
I understand that this concept is nothing for you there in the USA as buses aren't big enough to open carry your beloved RPG-7...
And you forget accumulation of sand and other materials in the dam that needs to be removed, loss of fertility of the soils downstream, potential change in the oxygen levels and chemical composition of the waters in the whole river system including potential eutrophication and potential creation of greenhouse gasses due to massive algae blooms.
It is not chemically dangerous but in powder form it is... (I bet you will love this): Explosive!!!
So, now I need to find a way to get the Li from the batteries and create my very own Mythbusters lab in the backyard!!! Whoooooooooooooo!
Do you know that Lithium is also easily recyclable? No?
Well, in this case I would recommend to use Google, because, you know... you aren't the only one that can use a keyboard and has a computer, you may be the only one in your redneck teabagging club, but don take it for granted outside of your town in the Rocky's
My greetings to your sister and to Bigfoot!
Well, the title refers to "Linux Distros" and a distro is, you know, just a distro...
It may have no fear from Predator but it shuddered in terror for Cthulhu!
I too was driven from home by trolls. And I am greately satisfied with their service: They charge a decent price and bring you quick an safely to your destination. The only min point is that they only drive by night a they have this little problem with sunlight. In any case I would highly recoomend the Troll Taxy Service, exellent IMO.
I wouldn't waste too much time, these guys use the following code for their trolling:
Is there that could be done to accelerate the process ??
Nobody wants to get even close to this country... not to speak about being infested y hobbits!!
Ha! You treacherous Englishman wanting to make these poor Yanks believe that you don't have a powerful army. But you can't trick me, I have read a lot and I am well informed about these Knights of the Round Table you have hidden somewhere in a secret place known as Camelot.
As far as I know England has no army. Maybe if you wait a few years and Wales and Northern Ireland follow suite to Scotland it will. Unless you count the supporters of West Ham United... pretty scary of you ask me.