Beach Runner wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/13/op...html?th&emc=th
>
> The New York Times
> August 13, 2005
> Safer Beef
>
> Fears of another case of mad cow disease in the United States have faded
> for the time being because tests on the most recent suspect animal came
> back negative.

Two positive BSE cattle in all of US history. That's two cattle out of
~120,000,000 in just the last three years, or a known infection rate of
0.000001667% over that period. Any fears over such infinitesimal odds
are irrational.