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China Culls 38,000 Pigs as Swine Fever Spreads

posted by mrpg on Monday September 03 2018, @12:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the I'd-still-eat-them dept.

Bytram (from IRC) writes:

China culls 38,000 pigs as swine fever spreads.

More than 38,000 pigs have been culled across China, state media said Sunday, as the world's largest pork producer scrambles to contain an outbreak of African swine fever.

The disease has been discovered in five Chinese provinces, the official Xinhua news service reported, quoting statistics from the country's ministry of agriculture.

China reported its first case of the disease in August in northeast Liaoning province.

Since then the disease has moved south, with cases discovered as far as 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) away, raising concerns it could infect pig farms across the country.

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday September 03 2018, @02:43PM (3 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday September 03 2018, @02:43PM (#729860) Journal

    Waaaait, you're anti-vax? Shit, that explains a lot...must have had something awful as a kid and it messed up your brain.

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 03 2018, @03:37PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 03 2018, @03:37PM (#729870)

    yes, the "something awefull" was the goddamned vaccine, you big pharma shill.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 03 2018, @06:37PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 03 2018, @06:37PM (#729928)

    I think he's got more than just one cause to blame for all of the symptoms he has. There's no vaccine that can cure what ails him.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 03 2018, @08:22PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 03 2018, @08:22PM (#729950)

      In general, vaccines don't cure things... they are prevention. So it is far too late.