On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:53:45 -0500, Boron Elgar wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:35:13 -0800 (PST), ImStillMags
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Your body has a wonderful capability of handling most 'pathogens'.
>
> CERTAIN pathogens. Certain bodies. If you are healthy in general, not
> carrying a baby, not too young or not too old, then, by the gods,
> you're likely not to be bothered by listeria, but you know, that is
> just one pathogen.....if someone dug out a bit of smallpox from those
> supposedly well-guarded freezers, that pathogen would be dropping
> pustule covered bodies on every street corner.
>
> Watched any friends die of AIDS? Know anyone who went deaf from mumps
> or maybe became sterile? Ever listen up to the news about how lethal a
> measles outbreak can be? Ever watch a kid turn blue trying to catch a
> breath while suffering from whooping cough?
>
> Take a look at those numbers up there, honey...23 deaths out of 57
> confirmed cases....40% mortality in that particular listeria-
> listeriosis outbreak. Pretty damned impressive, if you ask me. Not
> necessarily typical, but pretty damned impressive anyway.
>
>>How in the world did humanity ever survive before we had the FDA???
>>Very well, actually.
>
> Did you ever hear of Upton Sinclair? Seriously? You ever attend school
> or read a newspaper? Drink snake oil?
>
> Listeria-caused listeriosis was a killer in the old days, too, but
> since locavore was reality, not some delightful foodie movement,
> contamination and infection and death were limited to you and yours
> and maybe the neighbors or fellow church members..
>
>>And the food was better too.
>
> Good food - yea, I say unto you *great* food - is still around. It's
> ubiquitous. Most folks neither want it, nor are they willing to pay
> for it.
>
> Science is your friend. Misinformed rumors and touchie-feelie longing
> for the good old days that never existed are best saved for crying in
> your beer. Shouting them out in a public forum gets you slapped down
> for being silly.
>
> Boron

very good post, boron.

your pal,
blake