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A Breeding Ground? Markets in China selling live animals could be SARS link
NewsDay.com ^
| April 23, 2003, 9:21 AM EDT
| Laurie Garrett
Posted on 04/23/2003 9:19:34 AM PDT by Gritty
Guangzhou, China - Here, at the epicenter of the disease known as SARS, dinner can be bought live at a "wet market."
Just outside the banking and commercial center of the capital of Guangdong Province stretches a wide, congested boulevard lined with machine shops, auto parts vendors and industrial parts outlets. Delivery trucks, lumbering buses and darting taxis vie for position.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animals; guangdong; guangzhou; lauriegarrett; market; sars
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:19:34 AM PDT
by
Gritty
If you haven't read the entire article, please take the time to do so. It is not only colorful but gives a lot of insight into the sanitary practices and customs of China.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:23:00 AM PDT
by
Gritty
To: Gritty
friggin barbarians
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:23:04 AM PDT
by
KantianBurke
(The Federal govt should be protecting us from terrorists, not handing out goodies)
To: Gritty
"
sanitary practices" Shouldn't you have said UNSANITARY? YECH!!!
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:34:22 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Rename the UN.....the ..........TTS..............Totalitarian Tyrants Society (with sticky fingers))
To: Gritty
Just more ammo for the fight to close our borders.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:36:42 AM PDT
by
EggsAckley
( Midnight at the Oasis)
To: Gritty
We spent a couple months in Guangzhou. Those pictures are tame compared to what some of the open air markets look like.
Dogs, cats, rabbits, snakes, goats, birds, all lined up in cages, waiting to be slaughtered. Even at many restaurants, there are cages outside, you pick out what you intend to eat, and they slaughter it on the spot.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:46:24 AM PDT
by
dawn53
To: dawn53
you pick out what you intend to eat, and they slaughter it on the spotThis sounds primitive but also sounds just like The Lobster Pound up in Kennebunkport.
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posted on
04/23/2003 10:11:58 AM PDT
by
Gritty
To: dawn53
>>Dogs, cats, rabbits, snakes, goats, birds, all lined up in cages, waiting to be slaughtered. Even at many restaurants, there are cages outside, you pick out what you intend to eat, and they slaughter it on the spot.
This is very common in Asian countries, not only in Guangzhou.
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posted on
04/23/2003 1:10:01 PM PDT
by
Lake
To: Gritty
>>This sounds primitive
Eating RARE steak sounds primitive to Chinese, too.
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posted on
04/23/2003 1:12:02 PM PDT
by
Lake
To: Gritty; CathyRyan; Mother Abigail; Dog Gone; Petronski; per loin; riri; flutters; Judith Anne; ...
Possible animal sources of SARS in Guangzhou.
To: All
To: aristeides
The air is almost intolerably redolent of the urine and feces of dozens of species, including that of the human vendors. When the stench can no longer be tolerated, a large power hose is used to wash the filth away, effectively aerosolizing much of the muck into breathable droplets. Now, there's a lovely thought.
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posted on
04/23/2003 1:28:26 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
Now, there's a lovely thought. Isn't it!
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posted on
04/23/2003 1:59:20 PM PDT
by
Nov3
To: Nov3; CathyRyan; Mother Abigail; Dog Gone; Petronski; per loin; riri; flutters; Judith Anne; ...
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To: aristeides; All
To: Gritty
IMHO, I feel we should prepare for more of SARS type diseases...
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posted on
04/23/2003 2:16:52 PM PDT
by
thinking
To: aristeides
With 700 confirmed cases in Beijing today, you'd have to practically quarantine the whole city. People have been leaving for the past few days.
I think this move is way too late.
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posted on
04/23/2003 2:24:19 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: aristeides
Thank you very much for your pings and links. I'm swamped the next few days, but I appreciate being able to log on and read the articles.
To: Gritty
This isn't very culturally sensitive.
You are racists if you have a problem with this.
snicker snicker
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