Health Canada decided about six years ago that anyone who has spent more than 3 months in France or six months anywhere in Western Europe, from about 1986 onwards, is at risk of being a mad cow disease carrier and is therefore ineligible to give blood. This, of course, got pointed out to me when I tried to do my civic duty a couple of days ago and give blood.
So. Mad cows at it again. This time, it's personal.
And there's currently no test to tell for sure, so the medical community has spawned a theory that the Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease new variant has some idiotically long incubation period like 30-50 years because a cannibal tribe in Papua New Guinea appears to be having an epidemic , and the scientific community have linked this to their brain-eating habits, which were discontinued in the 1950's (Way to wreck it for the rest of us... you brain-munching cannibals).
It gets better. The theory is based on the fact that this is an epidemic of a disease called "kuru", which is "similar" to CJD.
I think the medical community has some work to do before I'm sold on the upcoming mad cow epidemic of 2020. Maybe a documentary seminar based on the movie 28 Days Later...
2 comments:
Comic is GOOD!!! Just wanted to let you know. I think the 2 or three panel storyline really works for ya's. Arrrr....
Athamasca
Thanks, it's easier to plan too. :)
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