He should have known of the Tucson cluster. The CDC should have known, and so should the British Ministry of Health. There is something seriously amiss. Scanlon goes on to say that CJD is known to be transmitted through intrusive medical procedures which introduce contaminated neurological tissue and perhaps dental procedures. No one has looked into this aspect previously.
All prions are difficult to destroy using traditional methods.
It is fortunate that they are not alive and it is difficult to get them inside you. What is certain is that bad things have happened to Mark Purdey, his lawyers, his veterinarian, and others leading figures dealing with abnormal brain proteins. I'm sorry folks, but statistically it is so unlikely to be a chance occupance that I have to believe there is some connection here. News sources say second type of Alzheimer discovered. Purdey has published scientific papers on Mad Cow Disease and he has appeared on British television regarding the same.