USDA confirms second case of mad cow

by **rockdoc123** » Sun 26 Jun 2005, 13:34:45

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')ad Cow is the most prevalent, virulent disease to hit this planet since the plague. Conceivably it could represent the end of all human life here, vacating the orb for a new, Vegetarian Adam and Eve to bring forth a new, meat-free race, or for Pleidean squatters to turn into Acapulco.

by **uNkNowN ElEmEnt** » Sun 26 Jun 2005, 14:14:34

First of all I am allergic to pot and second, I don't smoke... anything. You didn't even bother to read the articles did you. If you had you would find that they cited the names of the people who made those claims.

Talk about wasting peoples time.

by **smallpoxgirl** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 14:44:50

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('uNkNowN ElEmEnt', '5'). ) Mad-cow causes a genetic mutation which is transmissible so if you have it and are starting a family all your children will have it. Sheep and cows pass it to offspring, too and chickens to their eggs. If it weren't transmissable, why for decades had the FDA has demanded that all donors to the blood supply answer the question 'has anyone in your family died of Cruetzfeldt-Jacob?' The disease is l00% inherited and one drop of blood of a descendant of a CJD victims can infect all your descendents down through time.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 14:50:11

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '
')You're quoting an editorial from "Anita's Star Power" "Free Daily Astrology Readings, New Age Archive, Metaphysics. Free Palmistry Lessons, Horoscope Predictions. New Age dharmic careers you can do to make a million"?

Might want to check your sources a little more closely. :-D

by **Pops** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 15:13:48

I wonder if This is the same Dr. B?

Snip from the denied petition to reinstate his license to practice:

"He said that as a recently licensed doctor, you “have a lot of power. You can bill anything.” He indicated that it’s like being “King of the World” or a “kid in a candy store.”"

He’s sure getting some press now.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 15:32:09

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', ':')lol: So hamburgers are OK then?

by **smallpoxgirl** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 16:45:22

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'S')o hamburgers are OK then?

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 16:57:35

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '8')0 people an hour die of heart disease in the US.

by **TheTurtle** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 18:09:02

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '8')0 people an hour die of heart disease in the US.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 18:11:43

nope, it wasn't

by **TheTurtle** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 19:29:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'n')ope, it wasn't

by **Grimnir** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 20:12:45

Yes, the "CJD causes a genetic mutation that keeps the prions in your family forever!" argument makes no sense. A mother *might* be able to pass it to her children due to the blood-on-blood contact that exists between the woman and the fetus, but genes are not involved in any way.

Equally out there is the idea that feeding protein to herbivores gives them tubercles; so when people eat the meat, they get tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a respiratory disease caused by infectious agents. The tubercles you can get from a bad diet are something completely different and have nothing whatsoever to do with the infectious disease. The only thing the two have in common is that the words kind of sound alike. And in any case, you can't catch tuberculosis from eating a cow, no matter what diseases it may have.

There is a bovine version of tuberculosis that you can catch through contact with a live, infected cow, but not by eating its meat (unless you don't cook it).

The idea that the prions are out there in the environment forever like radioactive particles is silly as well. They're just proteins; nothing more, nothing less. As such, they are easily broken down by decomposer bacteria and ordinary chemistry.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 20:27:23

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheTurtle', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'n')ope, it wasn't

by **gary_malcolm** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 20:30:28

Small_pox and Grinmir,

Don't lose the forest for the trees. Yes, the 'genetics' argument is silly when discussing prion related diseases... but the plaque build up that destroys the brain in CJD is troubingly indistinguishable from Alzheimers Disease.

That, in and of itself, should stop us in our tracks. Now combine that with the amazing LACK of studies being done on this connection and I think we should all withold judgment until the facts can sort themselves out from the politics.

Gary

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 20:57:10

One option is eating bugs! The only good bug is a dead bug in one's stomach! Ha Ha! That and dandelions. You can get water out of the roots of Eucalyptus trees. Best thing is to get past this depression and fight! Save the 38 to kill cannibals.

by **Grimnir** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 21:22:54

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gary_malcolm', 'S')mall_pox and Grinmir,

Don't lose the forest for the trees.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 21:27:04

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grimnir', ' ')an extinction-level event? That's getting carried away.

by **smallpoxgirl** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 22:05:31

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'A')greed, besides, we already have Peak Oil.

by **smallpoxgirl** » Mon 27 Jun 2005, 23:26:08

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shannymara', 'S')o please quit arguing to prove who knows more about risk assessment.

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