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E-COLI strain. “Never seen before.”
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the E-coli bacteria responsible for the deaths of 18 people across northern Europe is a strain “never seen before” in an outbreak.
Preliminary tests showed the bacteria is a mutant form of two different types of E-coli, that have aggressive genes possibly explaining why the outbreak has been so deadly.
“This is a unique strain that has never been isolated from patients before,” Hilde Kruse, a food safety expert at the WHO, told the AP news agency.
Kruse said the strain has “various characteristics that make it more virulent and toxin-producing” than the hundreds of E-coli strains that people naturally carry in their intestines”.
Chinese scientists at the Beijing Genomics Institute, who have been examining the bacteria, also said it carried genes that made it resistant to some classes of antibiotics.
“This E-coli is a new strain of bacteria that is highly infectious and toxic,” they said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2011/06/201162103058997556.html
German Bio Attack
Ehec identified as a biological terrorist attack
That could be the contamination with the EHEC bacterium result of an attack and thus the first act of bioterrorism in Germany, we reported on LifeGen.de – demonstrably – nationwide as the first medium. And the only first world Webzine. Fatal meanwhile, is simply that many mainstream counterparts to Fukushima and this catastrophe as such are not recognized in time, and lost valuable time in this way went.
a comment by Vlad Georgescu
We were in the case Ehec clear that the “spread” could not be natural. Food contamination with EHEC are namely per year, and other pathogens, Listeria, for example, who, sometimes with serious diseases. But traceability is always a matter of hours, at most days – there is usually a charge that will be immediately removed from the market.
In the current case, however, it looks different. That fruit and vegetables from northern Germany per se hardly acted as a source of bacilli, is obvious – unless you have contaminated the entire wholesale pallets with it. In such a case could be difficult to elicit, which cargo has been delivered by whom and at what address. Because the infected food was not the goal so analyzed. Moreover, the likelihood that greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers from conventional cultivation with entero-bacteria come into contact, zero. Such contamination in the past were indeed encountered in organic spinach (USA), but not for fruit and vegetables, and to those already on the basis of their cultivation methods to the profile of the “source” is not.
Our own analysis was therefore on 24.05.2011, and thus before the virologists Kekule, in conclusion: We are dealing with a bacteriological attack. Both proliferation rate and the simultaneous contamination in HH, NISA, Saarland and Hessen, do not permit other scenarios. This thesis, we have posted on Twitter, Facebook and Buzz in German and English to assist state investigators in this unconventional way – since last fall and the mainstream media theory to a question.
Whether a terrorist organization, or only a single perpetrator acted, can not be said at this time. Our only assumption is purely theoretical – but unlike the fairy tale ‘by of massive spread of the disease, “the thesis is based on concrete facts of life, food technology and surveillance. EHEC is a superbug rhaltungselement a clumsy Ferran. Ehec would be as real biological weapon, however a dangerous tool.
http://www.lifegen.de/newsip/shownews.php4?getnews=m2011-05-24-3511&pc=s02
Four New Cases Of Deadly E.coli Found In UK
Four more people in the UK have been infected with the deadly E.coli bacteria that has spread across Europe, killing 17 people and making thousands more ill.
The Health Protection Agency confirmed the new cases as it urged British families to wash their fruit and vegetables.
It takes the number of infections in Britain to seven after three other cases surfaced soon after the outbreak in northern Germany in mid-May.
The HPA said it is believed all of the new cases are linked to travel in Germany.
It added that while there was no evidence to suggest the deadly bug had contaminated salads being sold in Britain, consumers should still be cautious when preparing food.
“It is a good idea to wash fruit and vegetables before you eat them to ensure that they are clean, and to help remove germs that might be on the outside of them,” an agency spokesman said.
Branson backs drugs policy change
Enlarge PhotoSir Richard Branson is one of a group of high-profile public figures warning that …
Sir Richard Branson and Dame Judi Dench have called for the Government to consider decriminalising drugs as its current policy was condemned as a failure.
The Global Commission on Drug Policy, whose members include former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan, warned that major policy reforms were needed to help reduce the prison population and stop wasting millions of pounds.
Dame Judi backed calls for the “immediate decriminalisation of drug possession” should a policy review show it has failed while Sir Richard said a new approach was needed.
“One that takes the power out of the hands of organised crime and treats people with addiction problems like patients, not criminals,” he said.
Dame Judi urged David Cameron to carry out “a swift and transparent review of the effectiveness of current drug policies”.
The Oscar-winning actress was one of more than 30 high-profile figures, including Sir Richard, who signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, saying: “Should such a review of the evidence demonstrate the failure of the current position we would call for the immediate decriminalisation of drug possession.”
Nearly 80,000 people in the UK were convicted or cautioned for possessing an illegal drug in the last year alone and “most were young, black or poor”, the letter published by campaign group Release said.
The intervention of high-profile public figures, backed by many others including Sting, actor Julie Christie and former defence minister Bob Ainsworth, comes as a report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy said action was needed “urgently” and “policies need to change now”.
“There are signs of inertia in the drug policy debate in some parts of the world as policymakers understand that current policies and strategies are failing but do not know what to do instead,” the report said.
The commission called for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to help create “a truly co-ordinated and coherent global drug strategy that balances the need to stifle drug supply and fight organised crime with the need to provide health services, social care, and economic development to affected individuals and communities”.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/branson-backs-drugs-policy-change-230530832.html
Strategist: World On The Verge Of Great, Great Depression And The Fed Knows It
Thursday, 02 June 2011 09:33
‘A notable market strategist has told CNBC that the world is on the verge of the largest financial meltdown in history, warning that Wall Street is at a loss as to what to do regarding the ailing economy.
“Interest rates are amazingly low and that, thanks to Ben Bernanke, is driving everything,” said Peter Yastrow, of Yastrow Origer. “We’re on the verge of a great, great depression. The [Federal Reserve] knows it.” the futures trader added.
“What we’ve got right now is almost near panic going on with money managers and people who are responsible for money,” he said. “They can not find a yield and you just don’t want to be putting your money into commodities or things that are punts that might work out or they might not depending on what happens with the economy.”’
Read more: Strategist: World On The Verge Of Great, Great Depression And The Fed Knows It
Celebrities call for drug decriminalisation
Dame Judi Dench has joined a coalition of celebrities, politicians and former police chiefs to urge David Cameron to decriminalise possession of all drugs.
In an open letter to the Prime Minister, they called for “a swift and transparent review of the effectiveness of current drug policies” because the current laws have failed.
The campaign is backed by actresses Dame Judi and Julie Christie, singer Sting, entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and former Home Office minister Bob Ainsworth.
Film director Mike Leigh, actress Kathy Burke, three former chief constables and leading lawyers have also put their name to the letter.
It came as a separate group of former world leaders and high profile figures called on governments around the world to “urgently” consider decriminalisation because the “war on drugs” has failed.
Sting said: “Giving young people criminal records for minor drug possession serves little purpose – it is time to think of more imaginative ways of addressing drug use in our society.”
The letter, which was published by the campaign group Release, reads: “We call on the Coalition Government to undertake a swift and transparent review of the effectiveness of current drug policies.
“Should such a review of the evidence demonstrate the failure of the current position we would call for the immediate decriminalisation of drug possession.”
It concludes: “The failure of the current UK system of criminalisation is clear. It is time for the UK to review its policy and adopt a health focused, evidence based approach to drug use.”
Niamh Eastwood, deputy director at Release, said: “ Nearly, 80,000 people last year were convicted or cautioned for drug offences – this is a waste of resources both in terms of the cost to the public purse and the restrictions on people’s futures in regards to employment and education”.
In a separate move, the Global Commission on Drug Policy, whose members include former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, warned that major drugs policy reforms were needed.
Sir Richard, founder of the Virgin Group and co-founder of a group of global leaders called The Elders, said: “The war on drugs has failed to cut drug usage.”
Instead, it has “filled our jails”, cost millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money, “fuelled
Fluoride In The Water – a Sinister Way to Dumb Us Down?
Thursday, 02 June 2011 09:14
‘The UK Government is going ahead with plans to ease the way for more fluoride to be added to Britain’s water supply. Yet there are numerous studies showing fluoride to be harmful, is the intention really to pacify the populace?’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo0OX_CThy4&feature=player_embedded
Strauss-Kahn Ally is Accused of ‘Orgy With Little Boys’ in Morocco
Thursday, 02 June 2011 09:09
‘One of the closest supporters of scandal hit French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn was today linked with ‘an orgy with little boys’ in Morocco.
Jack Lang, the former Socialist culture and education secretary, was fighting to save his reputation after Luc Ferry, another ex-minister, revealed the crime on TV. Breaking a code of silence which traditionally allows such offences to be kept a secret, Mr Ferry said: ‘All of us here probably all know who I’m talking about.’
Mr Ferry claimed the man’s sex attack on the boys – which was said to have taken place in the tourist city of Marrakech and was uncovered by police who raided a ‘palm grove’ – was an open secret which had been discussed openly by a former Prime Minister.’
Read more: Strauss-Kahn Ally is Accused of ‘Orgy With Little Boys’ in Morocco
From Their Own Mouths: Global Warming is a Fraud
Thursday, 02 June 2011 08:58
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q20cnn8vOfg&feature=player_embedded
‘”We need to get some broad based support, to capture the public’s imagination… So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements and make little mention of any doubts… Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest.” – Stephen Schneider, Stanford Professor of Climatology, lead author of many IPCC reports
“No matter if the science of global warming is all phony… climate change provides the greatest opportunity to bring about justice and equality in the world.” – Christine Stewart, fmr Canadian Minister of the Environment.’
Believe nothing 