Don't Hear Much About Mad Cow Disease Anymore ....

[palani]

but it must still be killing people.

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/dads-postcard-to-son-arrives-two-years-after-his-113437362752.html


A 9-year-old boy got the surprise of a lifetime this weekend when a postcard arrived from his late father — two years after his death.

Joseph Torrez, a commander in the Navy, died in 2013 of a rare brain disorder called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

[mick silver]

you cannot be driving the big beef farmer out of business now can you .

[palani]

you cannot be driving the big beef farmer out of business now can you .
Just wondering if this guy spent some time in England eating the beef.

At one time it was said if a patient with mad cow was ever discovered in a hospital they would have to burn the hospital down. Something having to do with the durability of prions.

[palani]

You got me curious so I looked for an obit. Here is what I found. He evidently served as XO on the Mustin a year after his 'death'. Unless there are two Commander Joseph Torres in the Navy. I know on TV they said he had two degrees from MIT while the Navy article does not mention this. Photos appear to be similar to me. The Navy article is about a Torres though rather than Torrez. The Torres guy was raised in San Diego and Torrez is said in the original article to have a home in San Diego.

Original picture.

http://s21.postimg.org/x3mm6nq3p/navy_mad_cow.jpg

Picture from the Navy
http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg89/PublishingImages/XO_TORRES_small.jpg
http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg89/Pages/Bio2_16May2013-Mar2014.aspx

USS Mustin (DDG 89)
Executive Officer (May 16, 2013 - March 13, 2014)
CDR Joseph A. Torres Jr.
Executive Officer (May 2013 - March 2014)
CDR Joseph A. Torres Jr. is a native of Victorville, California. He was commissioned in December 1997 through the Enlisted Commissioning Program (ECP) and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in both History and Political Science from San Diego State University.