a couple years ago, FMD decimated the European farm industry, and when you came in from one of those countries to Manila, you had to walk thru disinfectant.
Well, it has now hit Brazil, which sells meat to the USA..
Interestingly enough, FMD can be used in bioterror: The Germans used it against the USA in WWI...(scroll way down or search for 1915)...
However, this outbreak seems to be related to the European one...
As for us, we are still waiting for bird flu..
However, with all the dengue fever, diarrhea, and red tide, who worries?
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