I attended a talk given by Mark Purdey (the Englishman with the alternative theory on BSE)last night.
Most interesting thing was when one knowledgeable member of the audience highlighted the fact that we have NOT in fact had a BSE case. Seems it was a simple error in the testing lab that was not following a set security protocol. The lab contained samples of UK BSE infected brains for teaching purposes and speculation is that they may have got it mixed up. The proof of the mistake is that the DNA sample of the "infected" cow does not match ANY of the 2700 head of cattle slaughtered! No wonder none of these 2700 head tested positive for the disease. If this could all be true what can we do about it? Is anyone prepared to say "we made a mistake" and Internationally would anyone believe us at this late stage?
Most interesting thing was when one knowledgeable member of the audience highlighted the fact that we have NOT in fact had a BSE case. Seems it was a simple error in the testing lab that was not following a set security protocol. The lab contained samples of UK BSE infected brains for teaching purposes and speculation is that they may have got it mixed up. The proof of the mistake is that the DNA sample of the "infected" cow does not match ANY of the 2700 head of cattle slaughtered! No wonder none of these 2700 head tested positive for the disease. If this could all be true what can we do about it? Is anyone prepared to say "we made a mistake" and Internationally would anyone believe us at this late stage?
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