Deadly E Coli Outbreak In Europe

[Barbara]

I agree it's scary. They do know finally that it is a new cross of already known bacteria but they have no idea where they came from originally. 10-100 of the beasts are enough for an infection - that's not much if you talk about bacteria. And antibiotics encourage them to produce more toxines....
Still- the probability is low that you get it but you have no idea how you could avoid it.

[Karen]

You will all be in our prayers. Cook all vegetable thoroughly in the meantime, okay?

[Freedom]

Just saw brief update on this on the TV news. The strain of e coli is unusual, striking many young people, and having neurological impact including difficulty speaking, and paralysis.

We keep using antibiotics, and bacteria keeps mutating and getting stronger. O rso it seems.

[lizbud]

Just saw brief update on this on the TV news. The strain of e coli is unusual, striking many young people, and having neurological impact including difficulty speaking, and paralysis.

We keep using antibiotics, and bacteria keeps mutating and getting stronger. O rso it seems.

It is very scary that so many are having much more serious reactions
to this new strain & they can't seem to find anything to fight the infection.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=13722361

[kittycats_delight]

Last count on this is over 2000 people throughout Europe have been affected with 18 deaths so far. They are saying this is a brand new strand they have NEVER seen before. Also so for it is immune to all forms of antibiotics tested on it. They thought the strain came from cucumbers from Spain but that has been disproven and they now have no idea where it came from. All fruits & veggies are to be throughly cleaned with sodium bicarbonate and if possible none should be eaten raw. They are also saying to be careful with meats of all kinds as well. Meats are also to be well cleaned and cooked thoroughly. It seems cheese & fish are safe but they are not 100% so they are saying to be careful and clean & cook everything well until they can find the source and get this under control.

[Randi]

I would have thought they had found the particular food that causes this, by now, but I can't find anything that verifies what it is. I wonder if anyone have made a list of the food the people who died or have been affected, ate - and where it was bought. That should narrow it down a bit. I think we are many who would like to see such a list!

Another link with info: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

[Barbara]

It is about a week after the contact with the bacteria that you get it. Of course it would be very difficult to find for thousands of people where it comes from. So they really have no idea. Northern germany seems to be at the center. (I'm in Southern Germany). The bacteria is a very new cross between two others.