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NorthernSun (324 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 12:41 PM Original message |
Human mad cow epidemic 'could be bigger than feared' |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Prolly in the US too |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Wasting disease in western elk herds |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. While we have seen deer & elk licking on bones in the wild |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Certainly prions from carrion might contaminate the surface of grass |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Scrapie and BSE |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Speaking as a (one-time, and still, yeah, academic) ecologist, havocmom, |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Some civilizations died from environmental degradation. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Yeah, We were little more than 3 thousand million |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. it may sound heartless but we do need a plague to cull our herd. |
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et in Arcadia ego (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yes |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. In other news: hot weather and the world cup caused a slow news month |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. I LOVE the Mad Cow scares! |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. incubation period of 50 years? |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Any possible connection with what is known as 'Alzeimer's'? |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I've been wondering that for a while. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Good question Ghost Dog. I read somewhere that they are |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Uh huh. That's what I've been (vaguely) hearing |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I thought Alzheimers is caused by neural "tangles" and plaque |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I read that vCJD could mimic Alzheimer's. |
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hpot (359 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Independent Testing Question |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. That's an interesting question |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. The tissues that are tested for TSEs arent usually what most folks would |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. I read a paper by Prusiner in the NEJM |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. Same time scale as Salk Polio Vaccine then. |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Wow - Had no idea of SV40 & Tumors - thank you for the link! |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. That's a fascinating piece, but it's from 2001. Is there anything else |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. The links from 2001 and 2003 |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. Eat beef and gamble with slowly dying of "Alzheimers". (nt) |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. No thanks |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Make Soymeat Tacos. |
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PylesMalfunction (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Or |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. That's right n/t |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. They're effin' all over the place |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-23-06 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. I am convinced that it's much worse everywhere than officials say |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Totally agree with you, I switched to organic meat and dairy |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Im inclined to agree. |
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KaryninMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
30. Here's an idea to avoid the mad cow epidemic -- STOP EATING COWS |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. kick |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. word. |
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tinfoilinfor2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. I think more have died from Mad Cowboy disease. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. Fear, Fear, Fear..... |
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rolleitreks (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-24-06 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. Sounds like a crock to me. |
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