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In article , Ermalina
wrote:

Bill Oliver wrote:

In article ,
Janet Baraclough.. wrote:

Or via blood donations. In the UK, people who recieved a transfusion
during the early 80s are banned from donating blood. Some countries no
longer import any human blood products from the UK.

Janet

Even the FDA has admitted there is no scientific basis for this
decision in the US -- it was purely political, in order to
"reassure" the population.

In fact, this is one example of the BSE hysteria *costing* lives.
The FDA allows fewer and fewer people to donate blood for political
reasons while the demand for blood rises, leading to severe
blood shortages. BSE has cost lives in the US -- because of the
over-reaction to a very small risk.

billo

Please provide a citation for your claim that "Even the FDA has admitted
there is no scientific basis for this decision in the US -- it was
purely political, in order to 'reassure' the population".

You can't actually have a rational conversation with Silly Billo, he's a
notorious troll who pokes into issues he knows little about in order to
dissimilate & tell whoppers for the fun of getting anyone who actually
cares about anything upset. He'll try every trolly trick except honesty to
never budge, which over the years has led me to believe he doesn't
personally care about a thing. Bare that in mind if you decide to play
with him. A loony sod can be loads of fun if you're not taken by surprise
how increasingly convoluted & ridiculous he will be whenever anyone
condescends to notice he's back in action, & expect reason to have any
accumulative effect on the unreasonable.

-paghat the ratgirl

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"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
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