Re: [97attendees] Food poisoning

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Shane Kerr <shane@biigroup.cn> wrote:

> Aaron,
>
> I would caution against the IETF embarking down the road of trying to do
> ad-hoc public health screening. We have no expertise in this area, and our
> sample size is small, the time frame of an IETF meeting is smaller than the
> potential lifetime of food poisoning, and there are so many confounding
> factors that we are unlikely to get any valid results.
>
> My father worked in public health for 30 years or so - he was a food
> inspector for the US Army. I remember once he told me that about half of
> cases of food poisoning were actually from food poisoning, and the other
> half were non-food-related. Contrariwise a lot of food poisoning goes
> unreported because it is mild or contains symptoms similar to other
> ailments. Humans are even harder to diagnose than computer networks, it
> turns out. ;)
>
> Certainly the IETF can and possibly should consider reviewing records and
> recommendations about all health in potential destinations - not just food
> safety but also other potential health problems. (I don't follow the
> meeting selection process so it is possible this is already on a checklist.)
>
> As a final note, you can avoid all problems with seafood, poorly cooked
> meat and the like by eating vegetarian. ;)
>

+1 for eating vegetarian.

I suffered from mild chronic diarrhea for 18 months, since moved from China
to Australia, where it suppose to have a higher bar for food regulation.
Tried diary-free, gluten-free diets; went to different specialists; having
all weird kind of blood/chemical tests done. Nothing helped like being in a
10 days meditation retreat with pure vegetarian food. and then turned into
vegetarian. Having iron, zinc and other nutrition level checked regularly,
and my doctor says everything in perfect range ever since.

-x

>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Shane
>
> ------------------ Original ------------------
> *From: * "Aaron Falk"<aaron.falk@gmail.com>;
> *Date: * Thu, Dec 1, 2016 03:25 AM
> *To: * "97attendees@ietf.org"<97attendees@ietf.org>;
> *Subject: * [97attendees] Food poisoning
>
> I've learned of five people, in 4 different groups, who got food poisoning
> in Seoul. Seems like something to keep track of when considering future
> meetings in the area. Perhaps folks would self-report on this thread in
> case there are additional cases...
>
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