On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 14:57:53 -0600, "AL" > wrote:

>Oh, that reminds me of another article I read. Prions, the "suspected"
>cause of mad cow disease, aren't killed by normal sterlization methods, so
>all the tools and equipment used during an autopsy have to be discarded.
>Obviously this makes pathologists hesistant to perform autopsies, so when
>presented with someone who might possibly have CJD, they're more likely to
>just skip the autopsy rather than to investigate further.

Nonsense.

Boron











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>"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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>> 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!
>