Just curious. Got a little worried when I read this: http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/29/mad.cow/index.html (first case of mad cow disease linked to Texas) I'm also curious about a differnet mad cow issue. Regardless of the amount of tainted beef in the food supply, what are your odds of contracting variant CJD if you do eat tainted beef? I googled, and found some ruminations on the issue: but not much scientific.
They said there is no danger to the nations food supply. plus, this is why that cow was infected. Given the animal's age, Clifford said the USDA believes it was "most likely" infected by consuming feed prior to a 1997 ban on feeding cattle the remains of other similar mammals.
My most trusted source of information is from Penn and Teller's Bullspit program. It is said that mad cow disease and such cannot be spread between species.... I.E., you can't catch a cold from a cat. Beware of doom and gloomers spreading doom and gloom stuff.
It's just the media trying to make another scare. They're low on disasters right now, so they're grasping. Recently they've been on a missing-white-child kick, too.
Someone told me recently they have had over 250,000 cases of Mad Cow disease in England. I haven't verified, or even googled it to see if it true.
I agree that the media does sensationalize things. You would've thought we all die from SARS and eaten by Florida shaks from a couple of years ago. However this is worrisome: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/30/asia.birdflu/index.html?section=cnn_latest Vietnam bird flu toll reaches 39. Bad KFC.
