It isn't fair to think that just because F&M doesn't affect humans we should let it run rampant. Farming methods are the reason for the spread of the disease. I think that one important reason for taking F&M so seriously is that it can run rampant through wildlife.

One of the problems of a market based economy is the drive to lower prices without regard to the price the environment pays so F&M spreads because of the factory methods of livestock farming and the need to move stressed animals around the country.

Stressed animals get sick and become a reservoir of sickness infecting otherwise healthy animals.

Does anyone here have some first-hand information about F&M? I am reciting some predigested (if you will excuse the expression) news stories.

Sourdough