Except to pork exporters, what's the big deal about the current African Swine Fever pandemic that is decimating China's pig population?

Well, it might be of concern to you if you're about to have surgery of any kind, or are living with a heart condition.  The linked article speaks to a growing shortage of a drug critical to such situations, and why the ASF outbreak in Asia is much to blame.

http://digitaledition.chicagot...

Globalization increases international interdependence, making what happens THERE quite relevant indeed to what can happen HERE.

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