Mad Cow can actually remain dorment for 10+ years. It is a very real possibility that there is a Mad Cow epidemic and we don't even know about it. Not to mention it shares similar characteristics to Alzheimer's disease, so it would be easy for a doctor to mis-diagnose someone.
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On May 12, 1997, ABC World News Tonight reported that "people may not be contracting Alzheimer's as often as we think. The bad news is that they may be getting something worse instead. . . . This is about Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. It is fatal. It destroys your brain, and what is worse, it is infectious."
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Mad-Cow mis-diagnosed as Alzheimer's
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Scientists estimate the incubation period for vCJD is 10 to 20 years.
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http://www.organicconsumers.org/madcow/japan20705.cfm
Now with reports of a cover-up? This is very scary.