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hehe funny

only thing is if I get it then it wont be all that funny :( we have already got cases of it in our area. I better not beat my meat or eat it.

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hehe funny

only thing is if I get it then it wont be all that funny :( we have already got cases of it in our area.  I better not beat my meat or eat it.

Already have cases in your area??? I've not seen any mention of human cases in the news ... at least in the U.S.A. (are you in Britain?). The source issue (was it Canada?) is still a matter of debate. But a few things are certain:

1) Only 2 SE Washington state ranches are quarantined (so far).

2) Only 1 meat distributor distributed the meat.

... and the clincher ...

3) The only parts of the cow "infectious to humans" are the brain and spinal cord ... both of which were removed prior to processing ... making the chance of a human case about "zero" (unless, of course, someone "lied" about the processing angle).

I think what we're witnessing now in the media (and around the world) is a good case of "chicken-little syndrome" ala "The sky is falling." I went to Jack-In-The-Box last night and had 3 Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers and boy did they taste gooooood (grin). And I'm kind of wondering (conspiracy theory mode) if, behind this media hysteria, you'll find a few militant vegans - eager to point fingers and say, "We told you so." In fact, I just did a Google search for "Mad Cow" and the very first site to come up (Mad-Cow.org) provides a link to another site for "news, commentary" - and that site is the Organic Consumers Association, a vegan-leaning PAC.

One note. "Organically-fed" cattle cannot acquire mad cow disease. The cow found with the disease recently was born before the ban on "non-organic" feeding. Hence, this recent case will likely be the last case we hear about ...

... unless ...

Al Qaeda acquires a sample of the bacteria.

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