It's now our turn: First U.S. mad cow case confirmed

[mrboo123]

the gods of irony must be laughing!

[Bereta_Eder]

the brits fault. they drove their cows mad. at least we banned them and now we're ok while saving their incompetent arses as well

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

Because the Japanese are going to **** you on this one for sure no matter what.

I doubt it. There wouldn't be any beef in Japan if it wasn't for the U.S. and Australia.

The only reason you guys kept the doors closed so long was that Japan told you that they'd close their doors to you if you opened them to us.

Australia hasn't had a case yet, have they (does NZ do beef or are they only sheep-****gers?)

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I blame the Canucks.

There's a good possibility our mad cow came from a US farm.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Guess it's time to stop eating meat.

Nah, just lay off Bovine spinal columns, you should be Ok

[KrazyHorse]

Anyhow, the UK had like what? 5 deaths from BSE? And they still get a few hundred reported cases in animals every year (down from a couple of thousand).

It doesn't transfer easily to humans. You're a lot more likely to die from e. coli in your beef than a prion disease...

[optimus2861]

The Japanese & South Koreans have closed their borders to US beef. Reported in the second CBC article on their front page (link).

[Drake Tungsten]

****!!!

Beef was already expensive enough here as it is...

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
****!!!

Beef was already expensive enough here as it is...

how come? with all that rolling farmland over there you'd think they'd be knee deep in T-Bones!!

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
****!!!

Beef was already expensive enough here as it is...

You were saying?

[Drake Tungsten]

A man can hope, can't he?

[KrazyHorse]

Ha ha. Apparently we'll be shutting down beef flow northwards as soon as confirmation comes down.

The shoe's on the other foot now, boyo....

Actually, I'm pretty much just kidding. There's so much back and forth across the 49th that I think any ban in either direction is and was a stupid idea. We've got a pretty much harmonised health and safety system, so the border shutdown makes no sense.

**** the Japanese. If they want beef they'll have to buy it from somewhere, and right now the Aussies are the only ones who haven't had at least one case.

[monolith94]

Doesn't matter to me. I eat seafood whenever I have the option to do so anyway.

[Drake Tungsten]

How will I live through this? As a Nebraskan, I biologically require sweet, sweet cow flesh on a regular basis. I'll die without it. I'd rather die than pay the price for Japanese beef, though.

Please Lord, let Australia stay free from this plague.

[KrazyHorse]

Maybe we should smuggle some infected cow meat in and feed it to Japanese cows.

We wait for a test to turn up an infected animal and they'll have to drop their ban...