Wednesday, 1 June 2011

OK, Sod the No-smoking Stuff, Let's Focus on E coli and Killer Cucumbers....

No, I won't light them up as a substitute to the tobacco based fags I've just given up, but I will highlight the seeming bias by the international press over the outbreak of a deadly form of E coli strain O104 in the northern area of Germany - particularly in the Hamburg and Bremen areas.

I wrote this article on Suite101 over the weekend:

Fatal E coli Outbreak in Germany Linked to Imported Cucumbers

Never once did I point the finger at Spain unlike other press outlets. This statement which I posted on a (relatively) private forum elsewhere sums up exactly what I feel about the Curious Case of the Killer Cucumbers:

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