This is a story I have been following for the past couple of days, in part because my niece is in Germany on a college band tour. So far, the news has not been good about this new strain and the devastation it is wreaking on people infected with it. Below are several links to news articles detailing this threat if you would like more information:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110603/ts_nm/us_ecoli
http://www.thelocal.de/society/20110602-35413.html
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/germany-says-199-e-coli-cases-two-days-102451447.html
http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/Killer-germ-antibiotic-afpsg-3204878075.html?x=0
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110602/ts_alt_afp/germanyspainfooddiseasehealthus_20110602192514
Essentially it appears to be a drug-resistant superbug form of E. coli and a very deadly one at that. As I'll talk about in an upcoming episode next week, yet another reason to grow your own food.
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