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- Nursing organizations nationwide have expressed their opposition to non-therapeutic use of medically important antibiotics by supporting the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (S. 619/H.R. 1549.
This opposition is based on the increase in antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance continues to be a growing problem in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) roughly 2 million patients get an infection in a hospital, and about 90,000 of those patients die as a result of that infection.
Get involved today - go to the Health Care Without Harm's Protect Antibiotics Toolkit at http://www.noharm.org/us_canada/nurses/protect_antibiotics.php
This topic is important for the improvement of human and animal health. Also, check out a few videos made by Registered Nurses concerned about the increasing use of antibiotics and hormones in our livestock.
Go to Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6pDvnoT_l0
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sicQXOhXpUU
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbvfJYRkg2k - Reply to this comment
- Mr. rkd182,
Actually we do agree I simply havent brought my point from left field back to home.
You are actually correct, the MRSA in the pigs ST398 is the blame of healthcare and the estimated deaths I would be shocked if they were accurate and not sensationalized. It would make MRSA one of the leading cause of death. So the Industry got a black eye, at least it is alerted to the fact that the neglect of healthcare can and will effect their bottom line. C-diff, is a new emergent superbug, it will mutate and at some point affect the industry, they have no clue. If they challenge the attitude towards MRSA then they will at least recognize the approaching threat. By then, MRSA will have attained the status of a weapons grade biohazard. Yes I am not concerned that the half life of regulated antibiotics is subverted in processing. I am concerned not enough attention is paid to the bacteria and its pathology whether it is in the meat counter or the Operating Room. As far as prodding your indignation I needed you to bring your "A" game. In your career you may actually remember this exchange, and be a better Doctor for it. - Reply to this comment
- Mr.rkd182,
That would be William of Ockham (c. 1287-1347) the modern day colloquialism KISS, keep it simple stupid. I figured you would go after spelling right off the bat and you were republican so I baited you. Now you will complain, No I didnt bite that! The BET was that the DNA of the MRSA would be tracked back to the factory farm.
I wont take your money as you will need it to repeat the course, try try again.
(YQ)I will reiterate your claim as an erroneous statement due to the fact that there are several types of antibiotics as I?m sure you are aware. The drug-resistant infections referred to here have little, to no, relationship to any antibiotic use in animal agriculture. So you are say there are antibiotics the FDA has not announced the agriculture is using? (error 2) (YQ)The types of drug-resistant infections that are lethal are often associated with hospital-acquired infections ? and the antibiotic used in those facilities. That means humans. Try and apply KISS not JPS (just plain stupid). You are out of errors but we will continue to demonstrate the depth BIG AG influences the minds being molded. Actually BIG AG worries me less than BIG MED.
MOST revealing is you totally ignore the challenge that there is no innoculation. So the bacteria can infest an entire farm due to lack of a proven standard of isolation.
(YQ)But, when someone attempts to devalue, discredit, and slander the education I have worked so hard to get, it deeply offends me. Cant blame that on me, you did it all by yourself.
Your rebuttal of my challenge to name the three types MRSA was feeble at best, considering I give you the reference to ATCC a guardian and safeguard for public health.
AS far as the ENDORSEMENT of an industry association for the promotion of that same industry. You are sucking up before you have even cut your teeth.
Only thing CBS did wrong is fail to recognize the prophecy which was the actual theme of the story. - Reply to this comment
- Due to are rather strange "glitch" I will repost.
MR.rkd182,
Antibiotics are the direct cause of the "R" in MRSA, resistant. DOH!? (try not to make more than 3 erroneous statements in a reply) MRSA is recognized as a contagious pathogen unique to the genus mammalia (cornell). ?Transmission includes airbourne (Acanthamoeba). You fail to announce there is an innoculant. YQ=quoting you. (YQ)Also, strain 398 does not transmit as easily. You fail to rule out transmission (see ?). (YQ) What I'm trying to say is that MRSA is everywhere and there are 3 types of it. Please name them(if you need help google ATCC). (YQ) It is quite possible that these people are infected with a different type(Auckum's Razor). (YQ)This strain has not been found in human disease surveillance(reference ATCC).(YQ)It's much more likely these people had the very common community-acquired strain of MRSA from being in close contact with infected people. Since the genome sequence is complete it can be tracked back to the vector. Care to bet next years tutition as it isnt doing you any good. (HEY! CBS! you could DNA the guy, That would be good for another SPECIAL!).
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Mr.rkd182 you will handle hundreds of animals of owners who have some of the most virulent strains of MRSA. These animals are colonized and carriers just like the pigs. You will be colonized with dozens of strains. In fact you probably already are.
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Mr.rkd182, Perhaps you should run your next reply by your professor as to limit your erroneous statements to just 3. - Reply to this comment
- Okay folks rkd182 points out methicillin is not used on animals. Yes he/she is correct as it is no longer manufactured. Doh! Then admits an epidemic of MRSA in food animals. The specific strain is ST398. It worries me that this student is oblivous to the fact there is no innoculation.
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- This is absolutely ridiculous. As a current veterinary student deeply entrenched in matters such as these, I can't help but voice my disgust for the lack of responsibility shown in this report. Does it ever occur to anyone that methicillin is not used in animals and therefore could not be attrributed to the development of MRSA? Antibiotic use is one of the most carefully watched aspects of a production herd and to think that farmers are just shooting up their animals is ridiculous. I could go on and on, but if you want real facts or at least the other side check this out...
http://www.porkmag.com/directories.asp?pgID=675&ed_id=8861
And people please stop speaking as if Europe is so far ahead of us in food safety! Countries that have banned growth promotion uses of antibiotics, such as Denmark, have similar levels of MRSA in their livestock herds. Additionally, Denmark has been struggling with a major outbreak of human MRSA as well as recently getting over one of the worst outbreaks of salmonella in their history due to this.
I beg that CBS tries to be more responsible and stop this sensationalist type of journalism because it doesn't help anyone but their ratings and pockets. CBS doesn't care about you or me... just headlines. - Reply to this comment
- It is very hard to take those of you seriously who post your comments like you are texting a friend. If you want to sound intelligent, write like you are submitting your comments to a potential employer. I work in the arena of agricultural conservation and as such have a lot of contact with ag producers. I have been on their farms and in their homes. As in any profession, there are folks who only care about their wallets, but the majority of producers I have worked with are decent people who care about the welfare of their animals and their families. They work very hard and live on the financial edge of ruin a lot of the time. A previous comment posted mentioned the enormous losses that the hog farms are struggling with at this time - dairy farms are also going under at an alarming rate. How much do you want to pay for your meat and milk? In reality, what is good for the goose is good for the gander. The public needs to remember that their fortunes (and the lot of humanity in general)are tied tightly to the ability of our agricultural producers to produce enough food to feed the burgeoning human population. Want to help save the planet? Have small families and consider adoption instead of producing more mouths to feed. Farmers have a huge responsibility to feed the world and we do it very well here in the U.S. I wish the media and the public in general would stop trying to vilify our farmers and try truly educating themselves instead of looking for a juicy story. When is the last time you set foot on a working farm, talked to a producer about his operation, or attended an Ag Days event? Here's a story idea for CBS - hard working, tax paying, permit holding, state licensed, down-to-earth, community involved family man who also happens to be a hog farmer attacked by deep-pocketed media and special interest groups: multi-generational family farm facing foreclosure, children losing their inheritance on the auction block.
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- Thank you, thank you, thank you, Katie for bringing us this important story. Sixty Minutes used to do this kind of reporting, but not anymore. We're living in a desert of celebrity scandal, thirsty for vital news. Viewers can now make informed choices about their diet. And, many are choosing to go meatless. It helps them and the animals.
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- dbogie,
_It is the likes of you that argue it is spin until you have to buy a LiL BiTTY CoFFIN, then you rail for a lynching.
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perhaps you can grasp this concept,,,
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- that report on antibiotics in animals was very one sided. if you are going to report on a subject, please give equal time to both sides of the story. if you want to get to the real antibiotic problem in humans, report on over use of antibiotics by humans or how patients get these same illnesses from hospitals. no pigs, chickens or cattle there. i think there is another side to the health issues that you reported on. my mother ate very little meat and she died from sudamonus that she contracted in a hospital during an out patient procedure. should we ban hospitals? i think anyone who has issue with the manner in which a farmer runs his farm should not be allowed food, anyone who has issue with coal mining should have there electricity cut off. anyone who believes in global warming should have there car taken away and electicity turned off and no food since the include farmers in that sinario. use some common sense when putting out these scare tactic stories just to get fear mongers to watch. please don't prey on the unintelligent population. there are people out there that believe this propaganda. i hope you are not one of them. scientist, you can ask ten of them the same question and get 10 different answers.
when i was growing up the scientist said we were headed for an ice age. now we are going to burn up the planet. get the real story, all humans need to survive is food water and air. the government taxes food, water, electicity and now the have found a way to tax air. there is a real story. it's called global warming. the biggest scam and potential danger to the human race ever concieved by politicians and paid scientist to say what they want them too for just another tax to bale out over spending by their governments. - Reply to this comment
