Australis
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Just how i forgot to ask for the lettuce to be removed from my KFC burger ... wish me luck ! (even though there is more chance of me dying in a car crash on the way to KFC)..
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slim6y
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But at least you're now aware of it.... The car crash that is.... Plus you can tell all the kids at KFC to steer clear of the lettuce unless they can prove its been washed.
Or alternatively you can see how many would still eat it knowing the risks.
Don't forget to point out that statistically speaking it's less than 0.0005% chance of contracting that - and in each of the cases a direct contact to a snail has been made.
Australis
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Hey.. im just doing my bit... before i grabbed some KFC.. i was down at the beach screaming like a mad man.. "GET OUT OF THE WATER sharks kill and stuff!!!(insert fear mongering images)"
slim6y
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Here's an interesting forum - see what scaremongering does? It doesn't inform, it ILL INFORMS!
rat lung worm
Pay particular attention to the OP:
Exactly... The second post suggest Australia is cursed with snakes...
Finally the last post suggested it's a secret... Well, if it's a secret, how did I know about it before the scaremongering tv show? Easy... Because I read science and medical journals, health sites (especially local ones) etc. I know where to look for these things - and I learnt about the plight of almost 10 people in 50 years!!! Amazing really isn't it. Hugely deadly.
Yet - to tell my kids to do anything but wash their hands and don't put snails in their mouth - what the hell else is there to do? It doesn't make you a better person because you know about this rat lung worm. Nor does it make you a better parent for telling your children about how scary snails are.
Because, they're just plain not!
Personally, the over reaction to this incident is ridiculous. The exact raise that the TV channel (known for its in depth and accurate reporting) wanted.
It's no joking matter mate. Sharks do kill... Far more than rat lung worm.
If I was you I'd be wearing a mankini to do the job you did, that should certainly scare the ones that choose not to listen to ill advice in the first place!
rat lung worm
Pay particular attention to the OP:
Exactly... The second post suggest Australia is cursed with snakes...
Finally the last post suggested it's a secret... Well, if it's a secret, how did I know about it before the scaremongering tv show? Easy... Because I read science and medical journals, health sites (especially local ones) etc. I know where to look for these things - and I learnt about the plight of almost 10 people in 50 years!!! Amazing really isn't it. Hugely deadly.
Yet - to tell my kids to do anything but wash their hands and don't put snails in their mouth - what the hell else is there to do? It doesn't make you a better person because you know about this rat lung worm. Nor does it make you a better parent for telling your children about how scary snails are.
Because, they're just plain not!
Personally, the over reaction to this incident is ridiculous. The exact raise that the TV channel (known for its in depth and accurate reporting) wanted.
It's no joking matter mate. Sharks do kill... Far more than rat lung worm.
If I was you I'd be wearing a mankini to do the job you did, that should certainly scare the ones that choose not to listen to ill advice in the first place!
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Ask them to remove the chicken next time too Australis, they inject the chickens with steroids and growth hormones....
slim6y
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From snails? :?
Australis
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J-A-X
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This is one of those topics that brings out the best and worst in people !!
nobody has said that the kids should be wrapped in cotton wool - merely that parents should be aware.
Just like being aware of other potential risks to life that are out there
- discarded drug needles in your local playground
- getting bitten by a venomous snake
- shark bite
- high temperature seizures in babies
- SIDS....
the list is long and you get my point.
the TV show has bought it to peoples attention, just like when they do stories on shark bites. no one is suggesting that we should be paranoid neurotic over this.
I'm betting that those that are making all the light hearted comments havent stopped to think about how they would feel if it were their child that was a victim of the 'rat worm' (or any of the above for that matter), and then finding out that it they could have preveented it if they had known about it because someone, somewhere had bought it to their attention !
Never ever argue with what a parent says or does in relation to their childs safety, you will be beaten to a pulp by a very sharp tongue very quickly.
nobody has said that the kids should be wrapped in cotton wool - merely that parents should be aware.
Just like being aware of other potential risks to life that are out there
- discarded drug needles in your local playground
- getting bitten by a venomous snake
- shark bite
- high temperature seizures in babies
- SIDS....
the list is long and you get my point.
the TV show has bought it to peoples attention, just like when they do stories on shark bites. no one is suggesting that we should be paranoid neurotic over this.
I'm betting that those that are making all the light hearted comments havent stopped to think about how they would feel if it were their child that was a victim of the 'rat worm' (or any of the above for that matter), and then finding out that it they could have preveented it if they had known about it because someone, somewhere had bought it to their attention !
Never ever argue with what a parent says or does in relation to their childs safety, you will be beaten to a pulp by a very sharp tongue very quickly.
slim6y
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You're not wrong Jax... Not at all.
Unfortunately a simple health warning should be enough, and a simple health warning is all that is needed for most diseases like this. Not a scaremongering, over-the-top sensationalised crock of codswallop!
Even if parts of the story were true, it leads to unhealthy obsessive compulsiveness in an already nervous population.
Health warnings serve a purpose - sensationalism does not!
Unfortunately a simple health warning should be enough, and a simple health warning is all that is needed for most diseases like this. Not a scaremongering, over-the-top sensationalised crock of codswallop!
Even if parts of the story were true, it leads to unhealthy obsessive compulsiveness in an already nervous population.
Health warnings serve a purpose - sensationalism does not!
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J-A-X
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dead kid walking !!
sorry Australis, I find that a little distasteful and disrespectful to those children that have suffered.........
*puts soapbox away before it gets thrown*
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I am and given how many of my super healthy family's defects my children(well mainly my oldest) have been saddled with there is every chance atleast one of my kids is allergic to bees. They still play on the grass barefoot
J-A-X
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if there is a history of bee sting allergy (life threatening, not just a itchy swelling) in the family i dont see the problem with that !
why are kids vaccinated ??? because there are common diseases that can kill them or leave them a vegetable !
young women have a double mastectomy because breast cancer runs in the family.
*kicks soapbox back under the desk"
Australis
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I forgive you. ♥
Sezzzzzzzzz
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I just recieved this email: Thought it went with the theme of things....
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| valign="top" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1321348713191133" style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt" | WASH THEM FIRST Please Don't Erase this message before forwarding on! Same applies to Beer.
This is Serious!
This incident happened recently in North Texas.
A woman went boating one Sunday taking with her some cans of coke
which she put into the refrigerator of the boat.
On Monday she was taken to the hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit. She died on Wednesday.
The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis.
This was traced to the can of coke she drank from, not using a glass.
Tests showed that the can was infected by dried rat urine and
hence the disease Leptospirosis.
Rat urine contains toxic and deathly substances.
It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part
of all soda cans before drinking out of them.
The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned.
A study at NYCU showed that the tops of all soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets (i.e.). full of germs and bacteria.
So wash them with water before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.
Please forward this message to all the people you care about.
I JUST DID
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| valign="top" id="yui_3_2_0_1_1321348713191133" style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt" | WASH THEM FIRST Please Don't Erase this message before forwarding on! Same applies to Beer.
This is Serious!
This incident happened recently in North Texas.
A woman went boating one Sunday taking with her some cans of coke
which she put into the refrigerator of the boat.
On Monday she was taken to the hospital and placed in the Intensive Care Unit. She died on Wednesday.
The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis.
This was traced to the can of coke she drank from, not using a glass.
Tests showed that the can was infected by dried rat urine and
hence the disease Leptospirosis.
Rat urine contains toxic and deathly substances.
It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part
of all soda cans before drinking out of them.
The cans are typically stocked in warehouses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned.
A study at NYCU showed that the tops of all soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets (i.e.). full of germs and bacteria.
So wash them with water before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.
Please forward this message to all the people you care about.
I JUST DID
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slim6y
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I think I put it in this thread, that that is TRUE! It does happen. From time to time... At St Augustine's in Cairns, a boy from my Chemistry class was in hospital from lepto. Most likely from drinking a can of coke which had rat urine on it.
Unfortunately, completely identical to the TV program, the email newtolovingsnake put up, is nothing more than scaremongering, over-the-top sensationalised crock of codswallop!
However... The paranoid, the obsessive compulsive, the nervous and the ill informed will go around scaring people at KFCs around the globe, to remove their lettuce and to boil their cans of Pepsi before they consume their indulgences.
Bel03
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Glad to see you took advantage of mocking yet another thread 'slim', purely because 'you dont agree'. Who are you claiming is over reacting again? You just continue to go & on with the name calling, all because i chose to use the information that i now have to keep a better on eye on what my kids are playing with in the garden.......again......how on earth does this affect you.......cause it must, you STILL havent dropped it! My kids will still play in the garden, they will even still eat lettuce if they want to, you are right, nothing much has to change, a simple health warning is enough right? Funny that, cause that is exactly what i took from the story, a simple warning! I have not said once that this info makes me a better parent, i am just now more aware. There is no crime there, i am not obsessive compulsive or paranoid, & you really should just get over it!
You just continue to go & on with the name calling, all because i chose to use the information that i now have to keep a better on eye on what my kids are playing with in the garden.......again......how on earth does this affect you.......cause it must, you STILL havent dropped it! My kids will still play in the garden, they will even still eat lettuce if they want to, you are right, nothing much has to change, a simple health warning is enough right? Funny that, cause that is exactly what i took from the story, a simple warning! I have not said once that this info makes me a better parent, i am just now more aware. There is no crime there, i am not obsessive compulsive or paranoid, & you really should just get over it!
slim6y
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I think you take it as a personal attack on you. A shame really, because I never once said Bel!
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