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Originally posted by AlethiaSi
i didn't read the whole thread- but i was thinking about this anyway- so i'm sorry if someone already posted this.... but there is danger everywhere... in all forms of daily life- in your own body-... your environment- your drinking water- you could step out your front door and get killed (god forbid- but i'm just saying)... my point is.... life is dangerous- and this mad cow disease is awful- but its just like anything else- SARS.. malaria... the flu- your everyday common cold... someone will get it... and i was watching an interview on NBC with ann curry interviewing some beef spokeman- and she was harrassing him to find out how the beef got into this country... lay off lady- he didn't put it there.. so... i guess i'm saying that there is too much hysteria about this.....
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You could use the same "life is dangerous" argument on the other side too. Life is dangerous, so why add unnecessary risks? This disease is SOOOO preventable by simply not feeding cow remains to cows who are herbivores to begin with. I sure wouldn't want them tossing human remains into my morning cereal! Why shouldn't we take all the precautions we can to be safe? Air bags in cars, universal precautions by health care workers, testing of our drinking water, quarantines of people with SARS (and other highly contagious diseases), life jackets when boating, etc. We can't prevent all bad things, but we might as well try!
Dee