WHO: To Avoid MERS, Don’t Drink Camel Urine

Foreign Policy ^ | 6/28 | ELIAS GROLL

[nickcarraway]

Six people have died, 87 have been infected, and some 1,800 schools and kindergartens have temporarily shut their doors amid an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in South Korea. It’s likely the most significant outbreak of the disease outside the Middle East, and over the weekend, the World Health Organization released details on new cases of the disease in South Korea. It also issued a surprising piece of advice for individuals seeking to avoid infection: Drink neither raw camel milk nor camel urine.

That’s perhaps not as strange as it sounds. While the exact transmission mechanisms remain unclear, it is thought that the disease has its origins in bats and that camels may serve as a transmission point to humans. And in parts of the Middle East, drinking camel urine is not as uncommon as one might think. In parts of the Arabian Peninsula, the liquid is consumed for its allegedly palliative properties. The Prophet Mohammed is said to have informed his followers to drink camel urine to cure them of disease.

In 2013, an intrepid reporter for Vice sampled the substance while in Yemen. “The taste of warm piss is, as you would expect, disgusting,” he wrote. “But when it’s mixed with camel milk, as it traditionally is, it’s even worse. Getting rid of the musky aftertaste that takes over your mouth after the first sip is impossible.”

[rdl6989]

Gee, this might be the best medical advice of the century.

[dfwgator]

Camel Urine, it’s got Electrolytes.

[Cementjungle]

I did a 2 week camel trek once in the middle of the Sahara desert in south-east Algeria. When we were back in Algiers afterward, our flight to London was cancelled due to fog in London (Air Algeria planes weren't equipped to do instrument landings). Air Algeria gave us all a voucher for a free beer at the airport bar. All they had was some kind of Algerian beer.

After 2 weeks of being in the desert, without a drop of alcohol, the idea of a beer sounded absolutely fantastic. I literally could not finish my beer because it tasted so horrible... that was really some achievement!

[MeshugeMikey]

Camel Whizz Is UP NEXT!!!

[MeshugeMikey]

ONE OF THE MANY...yes!

[Delta 21]

WHO do these people think they are? If some one , especially a muslem, wants to drink camel urine, its offensive and barbaric to tell them that they cant.

I want all muslems within ear shot to start doubling their daily intake of camel urine.

We cannot let this stand !!!

[Daffynition]

How dare you blaspheme Mohammed's favorite drink?

[Daffynition]

Perzactly. I thought this was a forum that promotes capitalism? How many muzzie cottage industries will be put out of business? The UN will have to intervene

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

Unless they're filtered.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Oh, dear.

[MeshugeMikey]

The refined Modern Democrack Prefers the Whizz

[MeshugeMikey]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/backroom/3304876/posts?page=52#52

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[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[rfreedom4u]

Don’t Drink Camel Urine

Well, there’s something I didn’t need to be told.