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Re: Mad Cow disease, BSE; Justice is served.
Oz (Oz@upthorpe.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Expect about 50 +-25 cases annually of CJD in the UK or around 1 per
: million per annum worldwide (ie about 250 cases in US annually).
How many of these would you expect to be under 40? What if I'd asked
you the same question last year?
: Vegetarians get CJD as often as you would expect given their numbers
: with respect to the general population.
How many of the recent 14 cases is a vegetarian? (answer: 1 AFAIK, and he
was a meat eater previously when the risk was thought to be highest).
(followups clipped a bit)
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James Annan
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