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To: Amy J who wrote (176253)	12/24/2003 12:46:06 PM
From: willcousa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

OT - The charcoal is flaming and the prime rib will go on soon. Wish us luck. It will be one hell of a last meal! Whatever your holiday my best to you for the holidays and the coming year. Will

To: Amy J who wrote (176253)	12/24/2003 1:09:43 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 186894

My understanding is that prions are hard to destroy, and survive normal cooking and processing. Won't they end up in the chicken and cosmetics? Wouldn't it be better to incinerate or bury the d*mned infected stuff? Or perhaps Intel could use it to process wafers so that at least it might end up hermetically sealed away. <g> JMHO. Charles Tutt (SM)

To: Amy J who wrote (176253)	12/24/2003 4:28:08 PM
From: Saturn V	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

The Mad Cow disease is transmitted by eating the brain, spinal or nervous tissue of an infected animal. However the testing for mad cow disease is spotty, and not fail safe. Does it not make sense to outlaw the human and animal consumption of any brain and spinal tissue from an animal ? What if all brain and nervous tissue of all slaughtered animals is incinerated ? I am sure that this will add to the cost of meat, but it is probably better than what is happening now. Until such a law is enacted, it is safer to avoid beef, and particularly any meat which might have brain tissue. I would definitely stay away from hamburgers and hot dogs.