[Pubbie]

Merry Christmas Freepers - And keep eating Beef just like Doctor Atkins said to do because Prions probably don't survive the Human digestive tract!

[sistergoldenhair]

...there is no clear evidence to prove that mad cow disease can be transmitted to humans by ingesting contaminated meat products. He adds that the case for such transmission is weak.

Thanks for posting this article.
I think I'll go make more room in the freezer.

[Mudcat]

That period of time could be anywhere from 10 to 60 years

Upper limit is 60 years? Would this put the average range around 30-40 years then? I think I'll keep snarfing Big Macs...

[secret garden]

bump for a later read.

[fella]

Mark Purdey has done a lot of study on this and has come up with conclusions along the same lines. It takes awhile to go through his site but it as a lot of good information.

[singsong]

Although slightly more than 100 deaths have been attributed to eating contaminated beef, some researchers speculate that millions of people may one day fall victims... but scientists know nothing yet ... That period of time could be anywhere from 10 to 60 years.

To me, this sounds like a clear case of Bad Science desease (BS desease). It's certanly spreading fast. Freon, global warming, cold fusion - all examples of how trustworthy our liberal academia have become. After 60 years any age related desease can be speculatively attributed to anything. AIDS producing behaviour is glorified (20,000 deaths per year, US only) but eating just "strikes fear". But hey, I don't blame them - tax dollars for BS grants... yummmmy.

[prairiebreeze]

The odds of being struck by a meat delivery truck on my way into the store to buy a roast are astronomically higher than getting CJD.

Prairie

[torstars]

because Prions probably don't survive the Human digestive tract!

Then why do cannibals who eat brains develop kuru?

[torstars]

The type of prion is determined by looking at pathology in animal hosts who develop disease through experimental infection. The pathology shows that BSE and vCJD are caused by the same mis-folded prion.

[lizma]

It's been reported one of the CJD victims in the UK was a vegetarian. I wonder how many cases per year are seen here?

[Iowa Granny]

I am a devoted carnivore, so don't get me wrong.... I just have to say there seem to be some missing parts to this report. It is my understanding vCJD can only be documented thru the autopsy process. No mention of such after death tests here. And if the tests are not done, how many cases have been missed?

The meat I feed my family is fed on a neighbor's farm and processed at a local locker plant. Not everyone has this luxury. But for those who have the option, it is a way to be fairly certain what the livestock have been fed.

[Eala]

Petersen says studies have shown that the molecular signatures of BSE and new variant CJD are virtually identical.

"Virtually identical" means "different."

[discostu]

I love articles like this. The "link" between Mad Cow Disease and human death has never even come remotely close to being established at any level beyond the paranoid ravings of people trying to sell newspapers.

[night reader]

And keep eating Beef just like Doctor Atkins said to do because Prions probably don't survive the Human digestive tract!

Do they survive a good cooking? I like my beef bloody rare but if medium well is necessary, guess I could change.

[hosepipe]

I hear mad cow disease is related to mad democrat disease because of all the bull sperm democrats are impregnated with... pity.. the herd will be ..ugh... culled with election 2004,,,,

[scouse]

the molecular signatures of BSE and new variant CJD are virtually identical.

Would this be the same as a piece of coal and a diamond ?

[Old Professer]

There never was any convincing evidence and likely never will be for the link but terrorism is the inculcation of fear and anybody who is willing to tell me that the good guys are winning the war right now better have one heck of a good argument.

[HungarianGypsy]

Not to sound like an idiot, but I wondered. If there were a link to meat and MCD, would it be better to go with corn-fed or organic type of beef? Showing my ignorance and admitting it.