lesley, foot masseuse who pretends to be a learned scientist, wrote:

> > http://www.thebukkakeagency.com/DyingForAHamburger.htm
>
> Thanks, shevek.

For crap written by activists?

> 'Absolutely impossible, insisted British health authorities, that mad
> cow disease could be transmitted to humans through infected beef.
> Yet less than a decade later, hundreds of people (including recent
> victims in Saskatchewan and Florida) who ate infected beef have died
> of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), with perhaps hundreds of thousands
> more at risk for developing the disease. Could the same scenario hold
> true for Alzheimer's disease?

Nope. Two completely different diseases.

> Before about 1900 Alzheimer's disease did not exist

Yes, it did.
Progressive mental deterioration in old age has been recognized
and described throughout history. However, in was not until the
early part of the 20th century that a collection of brain cell
abnormalities were specifically identified by Dr. Alois
Alzheimer, a German physician, in 1906.
http://www.ahaf.org/alzdis/about/adhistory.htm

The issue isn't the rate of the disease, but the increased life
expectancy in the last century:
Life expectancy increased dramatically in the 20th century,
especially in developed nations. Life expectancy at birth in
the United States in 1901 was 49 years. At the end of the
century it was 77 years, an increase of 57%.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy

The reason there are more cases today than there were 100 years ago is
because people are living almost 60% longer than they did 100 years
ago. You ****ing retard.

> or if it did,
> was so rare as not to be noticed.

Total bullshit. People who've lived long enough -- which was pretty
****ing rare even in the West until the second half of the last century
-- have always shown signs of mental deterioration, many cases of
which progressed as the person aged. In your case, it appears to have
started quite early. How old are you, Les?