The sad part is that this doesn't even seem to make most people think twice about eating meat.I'll be at a cookout Sunday and there will be hamburgers aplenty being served. :-/ http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/24/mad.cow.ap/index.html

don't you just love how the media plays this down every single time it happens?

Did the media downplay it when the Canadian cow was found in the US?

"This animal was blocked from entering the food supply because of the firewalls we have in place. Americans have every reason to continue to be confident in the safety of our beef," he said.Firewalls.... like being able to spot an obviously downed cow but potentially missing all the downers that don't show any signs yet?

Oh yea, sounds like a real good firewall to me. :doh:

Here's my favorite "line" from the story on Yahoo:

The BSE threat to humans in this country is so remote that there's a better chance you'll get hurt crossing the street to get to the grocery store than by the beef you buy in the grocery store," Johanns said at a news conference.

Yeah right!

Here's the link, if interested: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=8&u=/nm/madcow_usa_dc