"Jim Webster" > wrote in message
...
> "Rubystars" > wrote in message
> . com...
> >> > note that when people have their tonsils out, these are now, in many
> parts
> > > of the UK if not all of it, tested for nvCJD.. The idea being that
these
> > > tissues are among the first parts to become infective and therefore
will
> > be
> > > a useful marker as to the number of cases. So far none have come up
> > >infected
> >
> > If they can't do anything to cure the person or prevent onset of the
> > disease, then what's the point?
> it is quite simple. We are monitoring a population, which is rather bigger
> and probably more important than a person. If the disease is not present
in
> a population, then the person cannot get it. If the disease is present in
a
> population, then it is a risk to the individuals.
> Also remember that there have been claims that millions of UK citizens
will
> die. When we callously refused to die and thus put a lot of lobby groups
> noses out of joint. So they said actually we were just incubating it and
> would all die later (which is in a way true, everyone dies later) so they
> run these tests on tonsils and discover that in our brutally uncooperative
> way, we aren't even incubating it.
>
> Jim Webster

I'm glad that it hasn't been found in the tonsils yet. I hope there aren't a
lot of people in the US who are incubating it.

-Rubystars