Escherichia coli in Germany: how are you there? How do you manage?

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Permalink Reply by Don Bennett on June 8, 2011 at 2:20am

Kirsten, do you know where I can get that form in English? I'd love to be able to post it in my next newsletter along with an article that calls attention to this very thing. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is "in response" to the new USDA recommendations to eat more fruits and veggies, and to the growing trend to go raw vegan or semi-raw vegan. See my post in the middle of this page re: the new USDA recommendations.

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Permalink Reply by Marini on June 9, 2011 at 12:38am

Unfortunately I can't find an english version of this. But I try to translate it and will post it here within the next hours. You'll probably have to put it in better words...  ;)

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Permalink Reply by Don Bennett on June 9, 2011 at 1:32am

Thank you! Very much appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Marini on June 9, 2011 at 1:36am

Here you go: Sorry if the phrasing isn't that awesome - but I hope you understand it. In case you have questions, just ask :)

 

***framed text***

Screening-questionnaire for patients with bloody diarrhea

for backtracking of the origin of infection

 

EHEC/HUS breakout – Northern Germany, 2011

 

Aim of the questionnaire is the admission and documention of possible origins of infection.

 

 

 

Questions to ask the Patient:

 

Nr. 1: Day of the beginning of the diarrhea: __/__/__

Nr. 2: Was there somebody in your household who had diarrhea in the week before the beginning of your diarrhea?

Yes ¤ (→ Nr. 3 and 13) No ¤ Don't know ¤

 

If yes: (potential secondary-case), please just ask questions 3 and 13.

 

 

Nr. 3: the diseased cohabitor(s) is/are:

< 20 years, female ¤, male ¤, don't know ¤

over 20 years, female ¤, male ¤, don't know ¤

 

 

The week before the beginning of your diarrhea - have you aten....

Nr. 4: …. strawberries?

Yes ¤ No ¤ Don't know ¤

Nr. 5: .... leaf salad?

Yes ¤ No ¤ Don't know ¤

Nr. 6: …. cucumber?

Yes ¤ No ¤ Don't know ¤

Nr. 7: …. raw tomatoes?

Yes ¤ No ¤ Don't know ¤

If yes, which ones?

vine tomatoes ¤, beef(steak) tomatoes ¤,

cherry tomatoes ¤, others ¤, don't know ¤

Nr. 8: …. Do you buy fruits and vegetablets predominantly at only one specific shop?

Yes ¤ No ¤ Don't know ¤

If yes, please name it as exactly as possible:

Name of the store/trader:______

Adress:______

____________

____________

 

 

Nr. 10: In the week before the beginning of your diarrhea, have you eaten at a canteen/restaurant?

Don't know ¤ no ¤

at several different ones ¤ at only one ¤

If at only one, name of the canteen/restaurant: ________

Adress:______

____________

____________

 

Nr. 11: Do you prepare your food/meals predominantly on your own?

Yes ¤ No ¤ Don't know ¤

 

Nr. 12: What is your profession? ____________

 

Nr. 13: Over the period of one week before the start of your diarrhea, do you have above all a suspicion what the cause of your diarrhea could have been?

Yes ¤ No ¤ Don't know ¤

If yes, please name as detailed as possible:

Sort: ___________

Place: __________

date (e.g.: bought when): __/__/__

Thanks a lot!

Nr. 14:

Are your doctors or co-workers of the Robert-Koch-Institut allowed to contact you again for possible questions?

Yes ¤ No ¤

Telephone number: ______

 

***framed text***

To filled in by the doctor:

Case-ID of the patient:

date of birth: __/____ (MM/YYYY) male ¤ female ¤

postal code of the place of residence of the patient: ______________

HUS: (Yes ¤ / No ¤)

Date of the questioning: __/__/____ (DD/MM/YYYY)

Name of the hospital:______

Postal code of the hospital: ______

 

Please send the filled out questionnaire to:

Robert-Koch-Institut fax: ….

for further inquiry: ….

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Don Bennett on June 9, 2011 at 2:04am

Thanks! That's great. And although most people involved in dealing with this outbreak wouldn't understand why, it is a crime against humanity that questions weren't asked about animal food consumption.

I didn't see a Nr. 9. Was there one?

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Permalink Reply by Marini on June 9, 2011 at 2:11am

There's no Nr. 9 - I also wondered about it, but the questionnaire just doesn't have a Nr. 9...

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Permalink Reply by Don Bennett on June 9, 2011 at 3:02am

In a perfect world there'd be a Nr. 9 and questions about undercooked meats and eggs and raw dairy products. But in a perfect world, no one would be eating those things anyway. :)

Permalink Reply by ednshell on June 9, 2011 at 1:36am

Forensic evidence emerges that European e.coli superbug was bioengineered to produce human fatalities

Learn more:http://www.naturalnews.com/032622_ecoli_bioengineering.html#ixzz1Oh...

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Permalink Reply by Marini on June 9, 2011 at 2:05am

some news...about a cucumber again:

 

in eastern germany (Magdeburg) they discovered an "EHEC-cucumber" (with the strain of bacteria that is responsible for the situation at the moment) in the garbage of an infected family. The rest of the cucumber has been in the bin since at least one and a half week. But it's not clear, if maybe the family was infected before the bacteria went on the cucumber or if the cucumber may contagioned in the garbage or it's place of origin (wow! they don't say "the evil cucumber!!!!!!!!!" like they did before).

For the further search of the source of the bacteria, this find has only a low-value.

Supermarkets where the family may bought the cucumber were all free from ehec.

But: The warning for tomatoes, salad and cucumbers continues to exist....

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Permalink Reply by carine martine on June 14, 2011 at 2:35am

80/10/10 life  (organically grown fruits/ veggies) sprinkled with some lemon juice (brushing teeth afterwards...) as PREVENTION.

Clay (poultice & intakes), together with the adequate essential oils ( ravinsara, thyme, lavender... diluted with a carrier/ body oil such as almond/ olive) ) as a "helping hand"...

Great "questionaire" thanks 4 sharing !!!

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Permalink Reply by Elisa on June 17, 2011 at 9:25am

just eating my veggies and fruits as before EHEC began making trouble, but I wash it more properly and several times to be on the safe side and in particular to calm my mother ;)

they say the origin of EHEC is identified: sprouts from an organic company in northern germany..

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Permalink Reply by Don Bennett on June 22, 2011 at 7:23am

No, you're not getting anything wrong, but you're forgetting that meat and dairy industries are 1000 times more powerful and influential than the fruit and veggie industry. So the discussion on mainstream TV will never go beyond the sprouts to the underlying cause of the sprout contamination, the animal-based food industry.

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