Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 05:23:10 +0000
Well what do you know. The USDA blinked. We kept pounding away and they blinked. The USDA says they will now test 201,000 sick and crippled cows and 20,000 healthy ones. Not today but in a few months. Since Dec. 24 and June how many diseased cattle will have been killed and eaten. One for sure. Remember the 60 missing from the herd of 81. While the USDA held back the testing the farmers rushed those cows to slaughter. Now when June gets here the USDA will announce a 2 or 3 month delay getting the program started. And so on. Now is the most dangerous time to eat beef. Here's the scary part. According to the USDA in 2002: 251,500 cows died of unknown reasons or reasons that could be consistent with BSE related clinical signs. Let me translate that for you. The same people that kept telling you the meat was safe buy beef are now saying that 251,000 cows may have died of BSE in one year. 251,000. This information is available to you at
www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/bse/BSE_Surveil_Plan03-15-04.pdf
They announced this new program not out of concern for the safety of the consumer but because of pressure put on them by the Gov't, the consumer, and by our export partners Japan and S. Korea. Dr. DeHaven states its not for safety but to determine prevalence. That's what they were doing when all those poor people ate that mad cow in Dec. I don't want to learn about prevalence while I eat contaminated beef. I want these fools to start testing the beef I'm eating. My kids are eating. Right now today.
They say they will test 201,000 sick cows and 20,000 old cows. This is called scientific statistical testing. Dr. DeHaven says that if there are 5 sick cows in the country this will find them. What a crock. Let me explain statistical sampling. Let's say you have a football stadium full of people. You bring out one person and test him for AIDS. If he passes you say everybody in the stadium is healthy. That's statistical testing. It is obvious even to me that statistical testing only works if by some fluke you happen to get a sample from a sick cow. If you have one hundred cows lined up and the first 5 are sick but you only test the last 5 you are not going to find any sick cows. Period.
These idiots need to stop screwing around with science that is too complicated for them to understand and start allowing the professional beef producers to test their own beef.
Dr. DeHaven also pointed out that USDA thinks it will find the prevalence of this disease is very low. However, there is a chance they could find more positive cattle. "But keep it in perspective," he said. USDA says it anticipates some positive results at the initial screening level. "Keep in mind there may be false positives," he said. Translation: If we find any positives we will try to cover it up or deny at every opportunity. These people have compromised their integrity by lying and lying and lying and now there is no way I'm going to believe a single word they say.
Here is another shocker for you. They are still allowing blood and gelatin into the feed supply. The interim rules they announced were just suggestions because feeding the cows blood was not safe. The actual rules will not be ready for " a few months". Not to mention all the mountains of contaminated feed all ready on site. There is no way the ranchers are going to throw away feed they paid good money for. Would you? As always everything I have said here is easily verifiable. Take care.
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