Comment from Dan Chinitz   (IP: 71.187.140.142)
Time: April 26, 2009, 12:14 pm

Cases of swine flu have surfaced here in NYC. An illustration of why kosher dietary laws forbid eating pork

Comment from Eric   (IP: 75.70.37.148)
Time: April 26, 2009, 6:27 pm

I thought kosher laws presaged avoiding Trichinosis. What was the kosher measure taken against Bird Flu?

Comment from Dan Chinitz   (IP: 71.187.140.142)
Time: April 26, 2009, 7:20 pm

You are correct on trichnosis, although, pigs in earlier times were susceptible to disease, in general, as a consequence of living in dirty surroundings, often in mud, and eating almost anything and everything, rendering it unfit for human consumption. Pork is also high in cholesterol, despite efforts of purveyours of pork to portray it as “the other white meat” and, thus, healthy. The “other” white meat, chicken, is not so healthy, either. A recent study found that just four ounces of red meat or pork a day resulted in a 30% increase in heart disease and cancer. Maybe the swine flu will give people pause about eating pork.

Comment from Tony Logan   (IP: 67.174.176.209)
Time: April 27, 2009, 10:59 am

It is incredible but the corporate press is already beginning to use the Swine Flu as supposed cause for the continued world wide economic depression! See Swine flu dampens economic outlook at Reuters

Comment from Dan Chinitz   (IP: 71.187.135.42)
Time: April 27, 2009, 1:50 pm

Conspiracists are saying it’s terrorism and the Right-Wingers are saying it’s being brought in by illegal immigrants from Mexico.

Comment from Tony Logan   (IP: 67.174.176.209)
Time: April 28, 2009, 9:28 am

Swine flu’s ground zero? Residents say nearby farm http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_swine_flu_mexico_ground_zero