Hi Karl,

Well that is my question too.

Karl-W. Geitz wrote:

> Hi Roberta,
>
> > The contamination rate was very high, like two thirds. They also visited
> > some farms. Free-range often just meant there was a door on the side of the
> > barn to a small yard that the chicken could go out if so inclined. The
>
> I am still wondering about this, does it mean that the
> chickens are already infected when they are still alive?
> That sounds funny for me, it means that the chickens are
> sick, doesn't it? And that would mean that most of the
> American chickens are sick? How can that be?

They must be all or mostly sick, right?  This whole thing is very scary.

> Otherwise the infection must occur when or after the
> slaughtering, but that would mean very bad hygienic
> standards...
>
> Anyway, I, too, wouldn't eat such chicken.

Right, I am still avoiding it - I have only eaten chicken a few times since that
news came out.  Sounds like the right thing to do is to kill all the sick birds
and start propagating again, but that would never happen here.

regards

roberta