No Mad Cow Cluster at NJ Racetrack, Officials Say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is no evidence that people who ate at a New Jersey racetrack have become infected with a rare human version of "mad cow" disease, U.S. health officials said on Friday.

An investigation of a possible cluster of cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease related to the now-closed racetrack showed no one had been infected by tainted beef and there were no more cases of CJD than would have been expected naturally.

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New Jersey businesswoman Janet Skarbek publicized her fears about a possible CJD cluster after the December case, and New Jersey health officials as well as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched an investigation.

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"In this case I believe they are going to be wrong again," Skarbek said. "I believe they are doing just what they did in the U.K. -- dismissing this as fast as they can so it won't impact cattle sales."

link: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040507/us_nm/madcow_racetrack_dc_4

The cover-up continues. They mention in the article that the CJD victims had a mean age of 67 -- but not that a girl in her 20s died of it. Beef eaters beware - this administration refuses to even allow small cattle operations to test 100% of product because big beef opposes all prion testing.

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random, but any 5th grader who read that story would have realized that it wasn't random.

our government putting out statements based on "good solid science". :crazy: