Foot and Mouth Disease hits England... again

[Gerry]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1278556,00.html

Damn, those poor animals =/

 

[Grem]

this shit again?

I live in a rural area and this fucked up alot of people I know, and after all the floods this is the last thing we need as a nation, I hope it's contained and doesen't spread. ._.;

 

[Gerry]

Well, this time the smart thing has been done and the corpses of the infected animals will be securely transfered to an incinerating facility instead of letting their burnt remains scatter through the air spreading the disease like we did in 2001 =/

 

[Grem]

Well, this time the smart thing has been done and the corpses of the infected animals will be securely transfered to an incinerating facility instead of letting their burnt remains scatter through the air spreading the disease like we did in 2001 =/

it was 2001? Woah, I'm old.

But we tip-toed around what it did, just proclaimed it was bad. One country, think it was germany, don't quote me on that, published pictured of what it did to animals in the national papers and it was stomped out in no time as folks knew to take it more seriously then. Where as we tip-toed around it and many people to this day are un-aware of the true implications of the disease.

 

[Romper]

Care to explain what this does lol

 

[Gerry]

Care to explain what this does lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_and_Mouth

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD, Latin name Aphtae epizooticae), sometimes called hoof-and-mouth disease, is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease of cattle and pigs. It can also infect deer, goats, sheep, and other bovids with cloven hooves, as well as elephants, rats, and hedgehogs. Humans are affected only very rarely.

Basically it's very very nasty. The move of livestock has been halted as a result.

The Stupid thing is this:

Most European countries have been recognized as free, and countries belonging to the European Union have stopped FMD vaccination.

I don't know If they have re-issued the FMD injections, but if they haven't, the EU Government has many more morons than I originally thought. =/