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A lot of the EU relies on basically slave labor for agriculture so I'm not inclined to believe that everything is universally enforced, especially on the perife
by throwaway48476 2y ago
A lot of the EU relies on basically slave labor for agriculture so I'm not inclined to believe that everything is universally enforced, especially on the periferry.
- n4r9 2y agoWe can look at the number of infections per year to quantify the effectiveness of the regulations. In the US there are approx 1.35 million per year [0], i.e. 1 in 255 people, with around 450 deaths. In the EU there are approx 70k reported cases [1] i.e. 1 in 6500, with around 90 deaths. Moreover the number of cases drastically dropped in the EU since regulations came into force earlier this century. The data here is very clear that regulations save lives. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/index.html [1] https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/index.html
- n4r9 2y agoSecond link should have been: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/SALM_AER_2022_Report.pdf https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/SAL...