New goat flu outbreaks in Netherlands, 6 killed

reply to post by warlok


Thanks for that, I'll try to avoid those areas, lol.

reply to post by nik1halo


Just so you know, the Q-fever is present in Helmond.

You'll be fine though, just avoid the farms and the pastures in the countryside.

Your headline makes the story sound really urgent and sensational, but the 6 deaths have occurred over the entire span of 2009. The count was 4 by June 25, 2009, so only 2 have died in the last 6 months. I would flag you down if I could.

Q fever exists everywhere but the increased infection rate is really the result of mal-management of life stock. Overpopulated stables, malnutrition and too little experience with the needs of goats in general caused the bacteria to spread.

The outbreak is causing some political fall out, perhaps some more news on that later.

The symptoms look and feel like flu, but is a bacterial infection that can be treated with anti biotics.

I think your headline is overdone and slightly misleading. On top of that, you could use a little education regarding the Dutch. They are mostly nice, polite, self sufficient and tolerant people. I know, because I'm one of them.

reply to post by Keymaster1


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Peace and good health

reply to post by operation mindcrime


There you go...

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Have a good one friend.

reply to post by Mythtified


Jeah, you're right, the death toll is not that dramatic.

We are however seeing an increase of infections, and it's spreading over a bigger area.

Our gov. was too busy with hyping the Swine Flu, they ordered 34 million doses of vaccine for 700 million Euro. We have 16 million inhabitants.

They basically ignored the Q-fever, wich created todays situation.

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