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Monday, March 30, 2009

Salmonella Outbreak: Final Web Update

  I guess that the outbreak has subsided so the CDC will no longer be updating the illness count and so on.

  Everything that you may wish to know can be found at the following CDC links:

  • Timeline of Infections: Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated with Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter-Containing Products --- United States, 2008—2009 (PDF 149KB)
  • CDC Podcast - Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak in Peanuts - Update
  • Information for Pet Owners: Questions and Answers Related to the Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak and Pets
  • Information for Veterinarians: Information Regarding Peanut Butter and Peanut-Product Recall and Pets
  • Additional Advice for Consumers
  • Salmonella Signs and Symptoms
  • Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated with Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter-Containing Products --- United States, 2008--2009. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, January 29, 2009 / 58;85-90.
  • Salmonella Strains Tables for Outbreak Related to Peanut Butter and Peanut-Containing Products
  • CDC Podcast - What Kids Need to Know About Peanut Butter and Salmonella
  • CDC Podcast - Salmonella Serotype Typhimurium Outbreak in Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter-Containing Products
  • CDC's Role During a Multi-State Foodborne Outbreak Investigation
  • CDC’s Role in Food Safety
  • CDC E-cards Related to Salmonella Outbreak
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    Latest Rasmussen Polls…

       …and they are somewhat interesting ones.

      81%  of voters nationwide say it’s important to keep the promised middle-class tax cuts in President Obama's $3.6 trillion budget. That figure includes 55% who say it’s Very Important.

      About those automobile companies who have received government bailout funding?

      51%  of Republicans, 66% of Democrats and 60% of unaffiliated voters believed senior managers should be replaced in the event of a government bailout.

    At the same time, just 14% of all voters said the Big Three automakers would run better under government control.

       President Obama’s numbers as of Sunday.

      The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 38% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. That’s his highest total in just over two weeks. Thirty percent (30%) now Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +8

    Overall, 58% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance so far. Forty percent (40%) disapprove.