Two new articles on vCJD from the BBC which will no doubt have the multitudes giving their big macs a slightly concerned look. The first extrapolates that up to 3,800 people in the UK might be habouring vCJD based on a sample of 12,694 people in which 3 were identified. I am not much of a statistical expert but to have 0.0237% of your sample test positive does not seem a stable basis for any hypothesis. If they had tested only 12,691 people they could have shown that nobody was a carrier.
The second states “The disease, which affects the brain, is believed to have passed from cattle to humans through infected meat.” However, given this uncertainty I find it strange that this is the only avenue that main stream research is looking into.
The main issues I have with the CJD from beef theory are:
1. No one has proved it
2. If cattle got if from eating infected sheep derived feed, then why can’t people get it from sheep?
3. One cow can produce a lot of beef, why aren’t there more cases?
4. Why are there no multiple cases in the same family? Sunday roasts anyone?

If you have the inclination I suggest a good read of the work done by Mark Purdey which is pretty science heavy but enlightening and to my view, more credible.

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