Mad cows, orange alert...scared?

rollingstone · Dec 26, 2003

Things look pretty normal here in Tucson. I don't care what's happening in the ED because I've got four days off. I had a lovely veal dinner with my beautiful wife for Chrismas Eve and she's cooking a roast tonight (it smells fabulous and I can hardly wait to eat!). We flew from Detroit to Las Vegas in October '01. We will live our lives the way we always have, but remain constantly vigilant. God Bless to all and Merry Christmas.

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Dec 26, 2003

You know, I used to worry about things like these, and it's just not worth the cost to my mental health. I figure there are people who are paid to worry about all of the potential threats to life and limb......and I'm not one of them.

Another of the privileges of age.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Dec 26, 2003

At the rate the news has been going, if i got scared everytime a new 'sensation' so to speak, is released, i'd never leave the house.

nekhismom · Dec 26, 2003

Nothing has changed here. I still plan to fly on Sunday. I just hope the lines at the airport won't be over 2 hours long since I am leaving on the first flight of the day, and I have to be at the airport at 0500!

Rapheal · Dec 26, 2003

(mad cow)

Yikes!!!! Prions!!!!! Have you ever seen a picture of one of those nasty proteins? They look like some sort of mechanical being. Some people question if they are even alive. It boggles my mind that a just a PROTEIN can wreak such havoc. I will still eat beef though.

linfull · Dec 27, 2003

I will eat beef, fly, go to the mall and pretty much ignore the warnings. I believe they want to keep us scared, it takes the focus off what a horrible adminstration this is.:angryfire

StephMSeattle · Dec 27, 2003

In fact, I've dubbed my homemade chili (one of my husband's favorite things) "Mad Cow Orange Alert Chili"...

As nurses we come in contact with the garden variety of infectious diseases...Hepatitis, HIV, etc... Mad cow disease is the least of my worries. I'm quite sure that the terrorists won't be knocking on my door anytime soon either. I'm a generic, middle class suburbanite! LOL

TCJan · Dec 27, 2003

Mad Cow /Crutzfelt-Jacobs syndrome in humans has already been in the U.S. . I cared for a patient, in Michigan, who died of it!

I talked with another nurse who had also cared for a patient in a nursing home, who died of it. I talked with the health department about it and I was told in 1996 they had 9 reported cases of it ,in that county in Michigan......!!!!! It's been around awhile......but they have hushed it up!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Dec 28, 2003

I totally trust the beef industry and the government to set aside monetary concerns to keep us safe and informed. :lol2: :rotfl: :wink2:

SmilingBluEyes · Dec 28, 2003

Originally posted by 3rdShiftGuy
I totally trust the beef industry and the government to set aside monetary concerns to keep us safe and informed. :rotfl: :wink2:

as much as I trust this administration to "keep us all ever so safe" from the terrorists of the world...

oh yea i am a trusting type huh. :mad:

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Dec 28, 2003

Originally posted by 3rdShiftGuy
I totally trust the beef industry and the government to set aside monetary concerns to keep us safe and informed. :rotfl: :wink2:

And just how many layers of clothing did you pee through while typing that