On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 11:04:30 -0700, pennyaline
> wrote:

>Mark Thorson wrote:
>> Extraordinary cluster of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
>> in Idaho:
>>
>> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/...e_x.htm?csp=34
>>
>> It's only going to get worse from here!
>
>
>Did you read the article? It's "suspected" CJD. From the article:
>
>"Of the nine suspected cases reported so far in 2005, three tested
>positive for an infectious disease of the nervous system, though more
>tests are pending to determine if the fatal illness was in fact
>sporadic CJD. Four apparent victims were buried without autopsies.
>Two suspected cases tested negative.
>
>Still, federal and state health officials are stopping just short of
>calling the Idaho cases a "cluster," waiting for final test results
>from the victims who got autopsies."


Mr. Thorson is a professional panic-meister on this topic.

Boron