From: Cheryl

"Outbreak" implies a sudden increase in disease. Just as a report of one
person getting the flu in a city is not considered an outbreak, a report
of one cow getting a disease is also not an outbreak.


So this is an isolated incident. Is that it?

Yep! Until it becomes an "outbreak" there is no need worrying yourself any
further. (unless you like being played for a fool)

Is our government scared this will
escalate beyond an isolated incident?

Apparently not, as of right now.

I would bet they are. This isn't
the flu.

Let's talk about the flu for a moment. Who got everybody freaked out about the
flu? The "season" started a little bit earlier than normal, yet the media ran
w/ it and made it seem like a epidemic the likes of which hadn't been seen
since the Dark Ages! That caused a run on vaccines which depleted the supply
to the point where people who should probably get the vaccine are left
empty-handed in a lot of cases. Is the media talking about the flu now? Nope,
not really. They've moved on to the ONE "mad cow".

You people can say how low a risk it is just because it has only
affected so much of a percent of human life but if the FDA bans a diet aid
for causing only a couple of hundred deaths, what do they do about the
possiblity of a tainted food supply?

"The possibility"?? What about the possibility of a comet smashing into Earth
tomorrow night, next week, next year, etc.????? What about the possibility
that anything bad "might", "maybe", "could", "perhaps", happen? Cheryl, get a
grip!!

**** with the livelyhoods of American agriculture
and exported goods, well it will just have to excalate further before it is
taken seriously. Heh. You people crack me up.

Well, it does seem like you've cracked up already!

The "who cares" attitude
is what makes these things escalate.

No, not following the guidelines and regulations are what makes these things
escalate.

You keep trusting in FDA and USDA
testing and whatever they say. The rest of us will keep making noise.

I'd rather you make your noise from inside a padded cell.