Forum Archive Index - January 2004

["Duncan MacGregor" <d-m_macgregor@xtra.co.nz>]

The latest outbreak In America might only be the very small tip of the Iceberg.     Ask yourself the simple question [why only cows seem to be Infected so far]?.    The answer Is even simpler beef animals don't live long enough for the disease to show up Infected or not.    A  4 to 5 year Incubation period takes that out but hold on at what stage during the Incubation stage Is the meat unfit for human consumption.      All the animals that go to the works at between 2 and 3 years that might be Infected Is a scary thought.
New Zealand and Australia are In the drivers seat halt all animal Imports stop all G.E experiments maintain a place In the world that people know Its clean and green.             The market place will reward us much more than any slight benefit we might gain If we don't.        That will never happen of course the people that make the rules are to dumb and will cop out for the short term gain before the disaster hits.     When messing about with things we don't understand It pays to let someone else do It first and copy the good bits.    The Infected cows to date most have been dairy cows producing Infected milk I presume for at least 4 years supplied to the babies, and other at risk members of the public.    Will It happen here? of coarse It will If we do nothing to stop even the remotest chance of anything like that happening here.              Do we Import hamburger meat from America or not?.
The farmers here will gain nothing unless they keep It clean and green.
                    Cheers Macdunk
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