If you check some of the headlines over at World Press Review, you'll get different takes on the current Mad Cow Disease controversy. One thing I hadn't known before, but mentioned in the British paper The Guardian was that our Sect. of Agriculture was formerly employed by the cattle/beef industry as a lobbyist. Now isn't that an interesting tidbit?

Somebody on a network news show was saying that humans do not catch Mad Cow, which is technically correct, but they can become infected with a related illness which has caused over 130 deaths, most of them in Britain during their last crisis.

Already talked to one co-worker who has said she will not be serving beef over the holidays. The stockmarket seems to have the jitters with both Wendy's and McDonald stocks taking a hit just since the news yesterday. It will be interesting to see how things filter down.