Expert Says Four Times Less Mad Cow Risk If You Don't Nibble Bone
Mark Thorson
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/11/09/2003458011
In related news, Lin Ja-liang, a clinical toxicology
specialist at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou,
yesterday advised people not to nibble the bones when
consuming US bone-in beef.
Those who do so are four times more likely to become
ill than those who do not, he said.
isw
Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net> wrote:
Every time I see one of these "four times as likely" announcements, I
get really annoyed. They always omit the ONE THING that would let the
information make sense (I suspect it's omitted on purpose, to make the
announcement seem more significant than it probably is).
Here's what I find so annoying:
If the odds were one in a hundred, then "four times as likely" means one
in twenty-five; probably something to worry about. But
If the odds were one in a hundred billion, then "four times as likely"
means one in twenty-five billion; nothing to be even slightly concerned
about.
Which is it, I wonder?
Isaac
Paul M. Cook
"Mark Thorson" <nos...@sonic.net> wrote in message
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How the hell did they test that hypothsis? Would you participate in a blind
study here you knowingly get exposed to prions? This is a hypothetical
model and probably useless. I would wager that if one traced back the
funding for this "study" it would lead to a meat industry PR firm.
It's a load of bull bones.
Paul
--Bryan
I will continue to nibble.
>
> Paul
--Bryan
Pete C.
More likely to trace to some vegan group.
Nancy2
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> - Show quoted text -
I can't remember the last time I "nibbled" on a beef bone. Who does
that?
N.
Paul M. Cook
"Pete C." <aux3....@snet.net> wrote in message
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The vegans I have known openly look forward to massive deaths caused by BSE.
They cannot wait for an epidemic. They pray for people's suffering so that
it "enlightens" the world about the evils of being an omnivore.
Paul
Andy
Death is a natural ticket to every lifeform that we know of.
So what if it's lettuce or bacon?
You're gonna go, like it or not!!!
FUCK THE FACTS!!!
Andy
--Bryan
Well, "nibble" is really not accurate. More like gnaw. I love t-
bones/porterhouses. I love chewing all the meat off of the bones.
The bones are fun to chew on too. I am very unladylike.
>
> N.
--Bryan
blake murphy
bullshit. unless you know vegans who are also psychopaths.
blake
blake murphy
you volunteering to die and have your body slow-smoked over hickory wood?
blake
Steve Pope
I dunno. I've knwon more than one vegan, feminist, environmentalist
and/or anarchist to espouse an "I hope this sucker totally goes
down" attitude.
I'll leave whether I'm in sympathy with such views as a
rhetorical question. :-)
Steve
Nancy2
Once you're dead, what difference does it make?
N.
Dan Abel
<b9f3a5af-8f55-4772...@h34g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Nancy2 <nancy-...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
> Once you're dead, what difference does it make?
Quite a bit, actually. We are all going to die eventually. What will
happen to our body after we die? By treating other bodies with respect,
we are acknowledging that *we* want to be treated with respect, even
after our death.
Funerals and memorial services are for the living, but they remind us
that someday, it's going to be *our* turn.
--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
da...@sonic.net
Paul M. Cook
"blake murphy" <blakepm...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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There is another kind?
Paul
Andy
Free from care and sorrow.
Rest where none weep,
And we too, shall follow.
Sebastian Dangerfield
"The Ginger Man"
--J.P. Donleavy
Cindy Hamilton
> In article
> <b9f3a5af-8f55-4772-9eca-704ed2e5f...@h34g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
> Nancy2 <nancy-doo...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
> > Once you're dead, what difference does it make?
>
> Quite a bit, actually. We are all going to die eventually. What will
> happen to our body after we die?
I don't care. Burn it, bury it, throw it in the street. It just
doesn't
matter what happens to it when I'm done with it. It's not like
there will be a "me" to care about it.
Cindy Hamilton
--Bryan
wrote:
I really hope folks don't start throwing corpses into the street.
That'd suck. I hate dead people. They stink.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
--Bryan
Cindy Hamilton
> I really hope folks don't start throwing corpses into the street.
> That'd suck. I hate dead people. They stink.
Oh, I don't want people throwing corpses in the street while
I'm still alive. That would suck, bigtime.
After I'm dead--I don't care.
Oh, and to bring this back on topic for r.f.c:
I don't care if I'm made into meat pies, either.
Cindy
blake murphy
actually, my hopes were pinned on the 'volunteering to die' part.
your pal,
blake
Stu
wrote:
-->On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:23:33 -0800 (PST), Nancy2 wrote:
-->
-->> On Nov 12, 8:53�am, blake murphy <blakepmNOTT...@verizon.net> wrote:
-->>> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:47:41 -0600, Andy wrote:
-->>>> Geez...
-->>>
-->>>> Death is a natural ticket to every lifeform that we know of.
-->>>
-->>>> So what if it's lettuce or bacon?
-->>>
-->>>> You're gonna go, like it or not!!!
-->>>
-->>>> FUCK THE FACTS!!!
-->>>
-->>>> Andy
-->>>
-->>> you volunteering to die and have your body slow-smoked over hickory wood?
-->>>
-->>> blake
-->>
-->> Once you're dead, what difference does it make?
-->>
-->> N.
-->
-->actually, my hopes were pinned on the 'volunteering to die' part.
-->
-->your pal,
-->blake
Don't forget the basting brush and sauce