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From: "Ang�l Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 1:50 PM
Subject: Man contracts Foot And Mouth Disease!
> Tests have been carried out on a slaughterman employed at an abattoir in
> Cumbria, northern England, the Department of Health said on Monday.
>
> A department spokesman told CNN: "We can confirm that a slaughterman from
> Cumbria is showing symptoms associated with the human form of
> foot-and-mouth.
>
> "Tests have been carried out and we hope to know the results in the next
> couple of days."
>
> He said that the symptoms were "fairly-mild, flu-like with blistering on
the
> hands."
>
> The only other confirmed human case of the disease was diagnosed in 1966
> during a major outbreak in the UK.
>
> Bobby Brewis, 34, a farm machinery salesman living on a farm in
Yetlington,
> Northumbria, was reported to have had only "indirect" contact with
> livestock.
>
> Brewis developed a mild temperature, a sore throat and blisters on the
palms
> of his hands. He also developed weals on his tongue.
>
> Laboratory tests showed that he was suffering from foot-and-mouth disease.
>
> Brewis was reported as saying at the time: "It was rather like flu. I just
> felt a bit groggy."
>
> A spokeswoman for the Public Health Laboratory Service stressed: "Cases of
> foot-and-mouth in humans are extremely rare.
>
> "When you consider how many people have been exposed to the virus during
the
> exercise to contain and eradicate it, it shows that the virus is not very
> good at affecting humans."
>
> She said that when humans did contract foot-and-mouth, it was a very mild
> illness, which invariably cleared up within a matter of weeks.
>
> She added: "In terms of humans it's not a big public health issue, which
is
> judged by the number of cases there have been."
>
> UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's office was quick to try to draw a
distinction
> between the dangers faced by slaughtermen and tourists.
>
> "The position of a slaughterman is different from a tourist. They are
> handling animals which are infected. (This case) should not be allowed to
> affect tourism," a spokesman for the prime minister said.
>
> ---------
> AIEEEEE!!!
> !_!
>
> Not affect tourism!? Is he nuts..of course it will affect tourism!
Well I was in Cumbria last weekend for a short break and I have no worries,
believe me the panic over Foot & Mouth is completely over the top. This
disease is really dangerous only to one thing - the economy of any country
that suffers an outbreak, it doesn't even kill animals except in rare
circumstances but is highly infectious to them. Any human that does catch it
through some freak event can expect some minor symptoms followed by a
complete recovery.
Mind you the way the government has handled it is completely incompetent as
usual...
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