Posted on 05/13/2014 2:34:30 PM PDT by Red Badger
People are taking photos and videos of themselves kissing camels in defiance of a warning from Saudi health authorities not to go near the animals, which have been linked to the deadly Mers virus.
In recent days, Saudi Arabia has urged people to wear masks and gloves when dealing with camels, to stay away from raw camel meat and camel milk, and not to go near sick animals, the newspaper Gulf News reports. But some people have refused to listen to the government's advice, posting videos and sending messages in support of camels.
In one video, a man stands between a pair of camels and asks it to sneeze. "Look at me! Sneeze, sneeze! They say there's Corona in this," the man says, while hugging and kissing his two camels. Then he shakes one of the camels' heads and says, "She says no. Is there Corona in you? She says no."
Meanwhile, a Twitter user with the handle @fheed6666 - who has more than 90,000 followers - tweets to acting Saudi Health Minister Adel M Fakeih: "@adelmfakeih #the_campaign_against_camels_exposed And we call for it to stop or for evidence to be produced because camels are fine and all the ill people are in cities." An info-graphic circulating on Twitter suggests camels are more valuable than petrol.
Saudi Arabia is the country by far most affected by Mers, with 133 deaths since the virus was detected in 2012. Nearly 500 people in the kingdom have been infected.
There is a reason they make them wear veils!”
My friends who have traveled there tell me the smell from an upwind burqua clad female is noticeable
Ignorance can be deadly.
“If you’d seen the women there you understand this.
There is a reason they make them wear veils!”
Funny thing about that! See what happens when you marry your first cousins and sisters for a few centuries.
But are the camels kissing back?
swappin’ spit
What day is today? I said what day is it today? Its HUMP Day!!
Today is Tuesday. :)
:)
Saudi Arabia is the country by far most affected by Mers, with 133 deaths since the virus was detected in 2012. Nearly 500 people in the kingdom have been infected.
With a vector this big already, and morons ignoring
the warnings, look for a big breakout before long.
It concerns me.
Why?
Did the Profit not tell us the cure to all diseases is to be found in the common housefly and in camel urine?
Somewhere here in the Book...
Piss be upon us!
Can I assume that most Freepers would not view that as a "bad thing?"
If it’s a cute camel and drafted by the NFL
LOL!
Those camels have no self-respect.
Flog them for being prostitutes and harlots!
The problem is not kissing camels. The problem is that it spreads lik the flu from person to person...several health care workers have already died after catching it from their patints...and sine the Philippines has a million foks in the area, there is a lot of people worried here.
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