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    Mad cow disease confirmed on Essex farm
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    Mad cow disease confirmed on Essex farm

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    1. ProblemAltruistic2 on

      Prions are the stuff of nightmares. These fuckers are almost impossible to destroy.

    2. MoleUK on

      Before anyone gets too worked up, this isn’t anything to worry about as it’s the atypical BSE involved.

      “Atypical BSE is distinct from classical BSE and is a spontaneously and sporadically occurring, non-contagious disease which is believed to occur at a very low level in all cattle populations.”

    3. Zenigata on

      Makes me glad to be a vegetarian, there’s an excellent BBC podcast “[The Cows are Mad](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001rrhy)” on history of BSE. Still haunted by the line:

      >We were hoping it would be brain cancer

      Said to the mother of one of the victims by the doctor who was unable to do anything to help her son.

      That zombie deer thing is more than a little worrying.

    5. ash894 on

      Can you imagine how social media would react if we had those mountains of dead burning cows again.

    7. Spindelhalla_xb on

      Sure it will be fine. Trigger’s been eating British beef all his life.

    8. TrackOk2853 on

      British farmers have been expecting a manufactured outbreak ever since they protested the government.

    9. ArmyAutomatic7618 on

      Here we go again, politicians forcing their kids to eat medium rare burgers

    10. ehtio on

      Do we really have to give them those names? Mad cow disease, really?
      What about Summer Cold Cow or Getwell Cow disease so people don’t freak out?

    13. Standard_Anybody4093 on

      We just don’t trust you any more. Screwing over our wonderful farmers, blocking the sun and now culling our cows… it’s so obvious after the veil of lies has been lifted what is going on. Evil on another level, trust in Lord Jesus.

    14. throwaway_ArBe on

      For those that didn’t read the article:

      It’s not *that* kind of mad cow disease, it’s not a cow that would ever have been eaten, everything is fine.