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To: Zardoz who wrote (72397)	6/26/2001 11:52:26 AM
From: re3	Respond to of 116815

in response to this post, what has concerned me re the potential upside in the pog is that franco n has not really with any gusto put their cash hoard into play...i wonder why... your trade idea for hm is quite good and i'd consider it except that my hm already has various calls sold on it from july - oct...the primo's are probably better on nem anyway and whatever holds it up, i'd doubt it'll slip below 17.50

To: Zardoz who wrote (72397)	6/26/2001 1:33:37 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116815

Did I tell you some would suffer under pork based inflation? biz.yahoo.com Only the beginning, can't destroy as many animals as they have in Europe & not impact the world.

To: Zardoz who wrote (72397)	6/29/2001 9:00:21 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116815

Foot-and-mouth soldiers have Q fever by Allan Ramsay Three soldiers are recovering after being infected with the rare disease, Q fever, which they contracted while burying animals with foot-and-mouth, making them the first human victims of the epidemic, it was revealed today. The servicemen began displaying symptoms of flu or pneumonia, with which Q fever is often confused, after they helped dispose of animal carcasses on a farm in Northumberland. Two of the soldiers were treated in hospital after complaining of the symptoms, including breathing problems, but later released. It is not clear whether the third man needed hospital treatment. Six other men, also believed to be soldiers, were screened for the fever but the results proved negatives. Doctors and public health officials across Britain have been alerted to watch out for patients who may have worked on farms during the slaughter programme complaining of similar illness. News of the first people to suffer health problems as a result of the foot-and-mouth epidemic was revealed not by the Department of Health but on the website of the Public Health Laboratory Service, the Government's monitor of infectious diseases. A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "This is like flu. You take antibiotics and get better. Clearly we have a duty of care to our people. The divisional operation order did warn of the hazards." A Health Department spokesman said the general public was unlikely to be at increased risk from Q fever although a risk assessment released earlier during the epidemic suggested bacteria might be released for months from animal burial sites. "It is known that the people who have had it so far have not had it through food," said the spokesman. "They were involved directly in disposal. It is a known risk. The disease itself is not a high-risk disease. The exposure among people who work on farms is very high because the bacteria are so common and widespread." People handling animals, whether infected by foot-and-mouth or not, are at particular risk of catching the disease, especially from pregnant sheep and cattle, many of which have been killed during the recent cull. Q fever is rare with only a few hundred cases reported each year, mainly in Ulster, although it is believed that numbers are under-reported because of its similarity to flu. One survey suggested that one in four farmers had the disease. Thousands of soldiers, slaughtermen and troops were involved in the cull.There have been 1,788 confirmed outbreaks of foot and mouth and animals on more than 7,000 farms have been killed as a precaution. So far 2.76million sheep, 537,000 cattle and 128,000 pigs have been killed. thisislondon.co.uk