Nanny State

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Maybe the bacteria strains are stronger/more prevalent with modern farming methods?

I think you've hit the nail on the head there Dani. It's common knowledge that overcrowding, be it animal or human, brings with it the danger of all manner of infections. Unfortunately, what you or I call overcrowding, the agricultural fraternity calls 'intensive farming' and the whole thing descends into a pharmaceutical arms race.
The only people to benefit, and the livestock certainly doesn't, are the likes of Bayer, Roche, Pfizer et al.