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Discussion Entry 3

Hello Jonathan

I appreciate your thoughts and agree that uncooked or poorly cooked pork is a recipe for notorious parasitic infections. I concur that meal contamination during preparation holds significant risks for similar contagions. So, observing and maintaining hand hygiene during meal preparation is essential to preventing these parasites from finding their way into one’s body. If those involved considered such prevention measures, probably the cysticercosis or pork tapeworm parasite that found its way into Rosemary Alvarez’s brain would have never reached those extents. Essentially, I urge all of us to observe hand hygiene, proper food handling, and appropriate food preparation practices to safeguard ourselves from parasitic infections. Thank you for being informative.

Discussion entry 4

Hello Terrence

Your points about your learnings from the video are intriguing. You highlight the essence of consuming property cooked meat, especially pork products. I believe in satisfactorily cooking pork products owing to the high risks of contracting dangerous parasites like the tapeworm parasite discovered in Rosemary Alvarez’s brain. On top of that, proper hand hygiene or washing hands sufficiently during food handling and after leaving washrooms should be a practice of great precaution. I acknowledge that you have mentioned other complications that can emanate from food contamination, including vomiting and diarrhea, which can have detrimental consequences if not treated promptly. As I reemphasize the importance of proper hand hygiene, I thank you for your great thoughts.

Discussion Entry 5

Hello Taisha

It is indeed a shock that parasites that we typically associate with intestines and other parts of the digestive system could find themselves in the human nervous system, particularly the brain. When I watched the video about the pork tapeworm parasite in Rosemary Alvarez’s brain, I tried to figure out how such a worm could find its way to the brain, and I was also shocked. The observation made me realize the need to adequately cook all forms of meats while observing proper hand hygiene to avoid such things. Raw meats will doubtlessly have germs and parasites that will permeate any part of our human anatomy in the absence of appropriate hand-washing and food handling practices. I appreciate your insightful thoughts.