The Untold Story
UK F&M 'Crisis'

From Educate Yourself ’01.03.25
http://educate-yourself.org/

Editor's Note: 

As the following article by Steven Ransom clearly reveals, the Foot and Mouth Disease (F&M) 'epidemic' is a manufactured crisis. 

It is yet one more in a series of orchestrated and planned events -such as the west coast electrical power 'shortages' and the 'epidemic' of school shootings-designed to stampede the public into compliance with ever tightening government control over our lives through fear and hysteria. 

The slaughter of disease-free Vermont sheep by government officials who have refused to even test them before destruction, is probably a trail run to gauge how meekly the American public will react to such overt acts of totalitarian control. And this for a disease that F&M expert Abigail Wood says "... is as serious to animals as a bad cold is to human beings." 

In the past decade, the government prevented farmers from holding large stores of grain and seed and now they actively destroy healthy sheep. 

These measures, along with the additional 'catastrophies' yet to be sprung upon us, will drive prices up at a time when the stock market (and the economy/employment) are going down. 

The darkening clouds of the New World Order takeover agenda are steadily drawing closer in America and around the world. The most helpful thing you can do is to bring this awareness to others and to prepare to live independent of 'the system' as soon as possible. 

Intro from David Icke 
http://www.davidicke.com 

Some months ago a friend was told by a Member of Parliament's wife that something was going to happen before the end of March that would stop the movement of people around the UK. Now the Foot and Mouth "crisis" is doing just that. A co-incidence?? 

Foot and Mouth is being used as the HIV of the animal world and hour after hour the BBC and other ignorant UK broadcasters are bombarding the public with fear stories about a "catastrophe" and access to the countryside and at least many sacred sites is banned. And all for a disease that 95% of animals recover from in a couple of weeks. Why? 

Please e-mail the following article to everyone you know and particularly every UK television and radio station you can. 

Thank-you, 
David Icke _____ 

Distortion Of The Facts
Is The Only Crisis 

"Stay away from the countryside!.
Stay away from the facts!" 

Foot and Mouth
The Management of a Pseudo-Crisis. 

By Steven Ransom Credence Publications ‘01.03.25

The Scary Headlines

Over this last week, international television and radio news bulletins have brought world audiences graphic reports of an encroaching pestilence. The dreaded and highly infectious livestock disease known as 'foot and mouth' or F&M has returned to British shores. The globe is being treated to round the clock reports on 'the extent of the F&M nightmare'. Mounds of destroyed cattle, gruesome pyres burning through the night, ashen-faced reporters delivering the latest outbreak statistics, people being warned to stay away from the countryside. "As well as being airborne, the foot and mouth virus can adhere to car tires. Do not venture into the countryside, unless absolutely necessary." warned the BBC Monday 26th Feb 10 o'clock evening news. The same feature included reports of international rugby matches being cancelled, a meat shortage crisis pending, pan shots of once-thriving but now empty cattle markets, lots of hype, lots of emotion, lots of TV batten-down specials...but, as we shall soon discover, no actual facts. 

In truth, if the events of this last week have taught us anything, it is just how much we are at the mercy of misleading government information. As a result of this barrage of emotive, inaccurate hype, there are now members of the public who consider it genuinely irresponsible to hang out a strip of bacon for their garden birds, or to go for a walk in the country until this crisis is over. Despite the governmental pronouncements, the facts surrounding this 'crisis' are very different to what we have so far been told. 

Abigail Wood is a vet and researcher into the history of F&M, based at the University of Manchester in the UK. She remains very down to earth over these latest 'rampaging vicious virus' reports. Credence Publications contacted her as a result of her recent UK Times article (1) which began thus: "Foot and mouth is as serious to animals as a bad cold is to human beings. So why the concern?" Wood's research, when taken in conjunction with research carried out by Credence Publications makes it quite clear that F&M is not the vicious gremlin we have been led to believe. 

The Facts 

So what is F&M? The current wisdom which we shall be examining a little later, theorises that F&M is viral in nature. Symptoms of F&M in livestock begin usually with a temperature, followed within 24 hours by the appearance of blisters and ulcerations on places such as the tongue, lips, gums, dental pad, interdigital skin of the feet, bulbs of the heels and milk teats. Occasionally, ulcerations appear inside the nostrils or on the muzzle or vulva. Visually, these ulcerations are the equivalent of large cold sores. The resultant illness and lameness causes decreased appetite, a drop in milk yield, a drop in productivity, and of course, increased care costs. Afflicted animals almost always recover, usually within a week or two. Death occurs in only 5 percent of cases (2). And the meat is fit to eat (3) . 

(3) For much of the 19th century, F&M was common right the way across the UK.

In fact, it was endemic. But it did not destroy farming. We lived with it. Our cattle became ill..and then they recovered. Life continued on as normal. So why today's scenes of mass destruction? Quite simply, it is because we are continuing to adhere to some woefully errant farming policy instituted nearly 50 years ago. Says Wood: "The instant destruction policy was implemented in the 1950's by the UK governing bodies, as a result of growing pressure over the years from pedigree herd owners, (rather than the more common meat and milk producers) who wished to see the eradication of F&M. Continued promotion of the slaughter policy by the UK authorities as the most effective way of dealing with foot and mouth, eventually persuaded the continent and then the rest of the world to follow suit. We instituted the policy, and now we have to live with the results of that policy." 

In those early years, F&M was as much a part of British farming as bad weather, poor harvests and other afflictions affecting livelihood. But in today's intensive farming climate, production and global reputation is everything. Because of the UK's continued and, as we shall see, unfounded insistence that F&M is highly infectious, and must be eradicated at all costs, one whiff on the global food markets that UK herds have F&M leads quite naturally to today's totally disproportionate scenes. If we are in a pit, then it is a pit of our own making. And if this latest 'outbreak' is to be referred to as a nightmare, then it is a nightmare brought about by our own political and economic policies. The early zeal for the perfect pedigree - a disease-free herd - is this same ideal not mirrored in today's genome quest for a disease-free human race? It seems that the F&M 'instant destruction' policy has its roots fair and square in the mistaken belief that all illness and disease, even those considered minor and/or harmless, can eventually be eradicated. 

The cows, pigs and sheep dying today are not doing so as a result of any illness. They are dying entirely at the hands of man. The preliminary report on this latest F&M 'outbreak' submitted by Dr J.M. Scudamore, UK Chief Veterinary Officer, to the OIE (Office International des Epizooties) tells of 35 cases on three farms, no deaths occurring anywhere from the actual disease, but 577 animals on those farms nevertheless instantly destroyed. (4) Should we line up our children because they are coughing? 

Fundamental Questions? 

With the facts to hand regarding F&M, should we not begin to ask some fundamental questions? Why can't our vital farming community, and the public at large be given the necessary facts, and then more importantly, the opportunity to question this instant destruction policy? But therein lies the difficulty folks. "It would be very difficult to change it now." Wood told us. "That would be to question the perceived wisdom of the last 100 years." 

It is entrenched scientific error, and intractable pride on behalf of the UK agricultural and governmental bodies, that is the killer in our midst. A spokesperson from the diagnostic department of Animal Health Trust who wished not to be named, stated "The hype is all out of proportion. If the authorities just left the animals alone to recover from F&M, this would make them healthy, and immune the next time around." 

Moving on from 'foot and mouth as common cold', what's all this about F&M being viral in nature, being airborne, and sticking to car tyres and Wellington boots? Apparently, the F&M virus is quite choosy, being breathed out by pigs, but not breathed in by cats or dogs. It can be hosted by horses, but to no ill-effect, and humans too can contract the virus, suffering mild skin irritations. But is this pattern of disease grounded in reality? Does it conform to a sensible pattern of disease? Or are we once again just trusting the wisdom of the day? In attempting to discover how these agencies arrive at a positive diagnosis of F&M, and to try and get an explanation for the seemingly illogical nature of F&M proliferation, it soon became clear that these questions were not at all welcome, and some of those well-worn tiresome conventional 'dodging' techniques very soon began to surface. Especially so, when questioned over the possibility of mis-diagnosis. 

Self-Serving Science 

The blood test used to determine the presence of the F&M virus is known as the ELISA test or enzyme linked immuno-absorbent assay test. The test delivers the positive reading by detecting proteins and antibodies in the blood, proteins and antibodies which are presumed to be there as a result the presence of the virus. At no time is a virus itself ever detected. No actual photograph exists anywhere of the F&M virus. The picture you see below is the supposed F&M virus.on Pirbright's educational page found at http://www.iah.bbsrc.ac.uk/iah_education/FMD.html. 

The glowing picture is nothing more than what Pirbright virologists think the virus might look like. There is no actual evidence for its existence. The picture is a classic example of unproven science posing as fact.. Like so many other viruses in the $multi-billion virus industry, we have only innumerable artists' impressions to go by. And at the foot of this page, you will see the link taking you to stunning evidence showing that foot and mouth is an environmental condition, unrelated to any infectious virus, airborne or otherwise. It is also very interesting to note that Pirbright tell us there are seven different types of foot and mouth virus, and therefore we must have seven different vaccines.
 http://www.iah.bbsrc.ac.uk/pid/fmd.html 

This is unproven in-house science at its most self-serving. For it very conveniently guarantees continued income for the vaccine manufacturers and associated pharmaceutical spin-offs. We're being told this research is bona fide and that various vaccines are all absolutely necessary. But are we being told the truth? We accept the virus model and the solution for its supposed eradication because that's what we're told. But there are good grounds indeed for questioning the validity of this whole approach to disease detection. As well as there being no proof for the virus, the diagnostic tool to supposedly detect the supposed virus - the ELISA test - comes to us with a very chequered history. 

Faulty Testing Procedure? 

In the realm of human medicine, ELISA is used extensively to detect certain diseases, particularly HIV. And this same test is now acknowledged to be responsible for delivering a very high number of 'false' positive HIV diagnoses. Conventional medical literature lists some 60 different conditions, unrelated to HIV that can elicit an HIV positive response, including flu! (5) It is conflict of interests, huge pharmaceutical losses, entrenched error and the threat of massive litigation that has so far stopped this disastrous story from becoming more widely known. Back to the farmyard, and we discover the animal kingdom is equally susceptible to foreign proteins in the blood and heightened levels of antibody activity. 

The stress of confinement alone can produce an immune response in an animal. Kelly Sapsford, Operations Manager at Harlan Sera Labs, a serum and antibody manufacturing company told us "Antibodies are not necessarily specific to one disease. Picture a key that fits a certain lock. The key to that lock is not necessarily unique. There may well be other locks out there that the key will fit.." What minor illnesses are there in the animal kingdom that might elicit the same immune response to F&M? And with all these farms being visited at such lightning speed, what are the protocols being adhered to? Are they being adhered to? Surely, we are allowed to know these things. 

No Awkward Questions Allowed 

The officials at Pirbright Animal Health Laboratory responsible for managing this latest 'crisis', however think otherwise. No awkward questions are entertained. Under specific instruction from management, a Dr Tom Barrett at Pirbright told us that staff were not allowed to answer any questions, except through the Medical Director. Numerous telephone calls to MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries) produced the same negative response, pointing us only to their website. Repeated attempts to speak to somebody in authority at Pirbright finally located the Head of Diagnostics, John Anderson. He informed us that whilst the ELISA tests were manufactured 'in-house' "..of course, they were accurate.This same pat answer is what was being delivered by the relevant authorities as the accounts of HIV misdiagnosis began to surface. 

Anderson then listed the other tests which are used in conjunction with ELISA to supposedly confirm the presence of the virus. Unfortunately, the confirmatory tests he mentioned are all equally susceptible to error. And the fact that the Pirbright F&M tests are manufactured in-house excludes them from that valuable check and balance system known as peer review. When pressed on these points, Mr Anderson would not enter into discussion. But then extracting qualifying information from governmental bodies is never straightforward. Colin King, a spokesman from an independent veterinary diagnostics company, stated; "The protocol information and detail you seek will be almost impossible to come by. In peace time as well as in war, these government agencies won't really tell you anything." 

In summarising the current F&M 'crisis', this simple extract from Abigail Wood's account of the 1920's Cheshire F&M outbreak is most revealing. Trawled from Cheshire local newspapers available at the Cheshire Records Office we read "Ministry teams were so far behind in their slaughtering that on many farms the cows had recovered before the slaughterers had arrived. Farmers looked at their now-normal cows in bewilderment and asked "Was that it? Was that trivial illness what all the fuss was about?" (6) 

Until MAFF and other responsible agencies begin to answer these questions, and until we, the general public cease to worship so unremittingly at the altar of conventional medical science, this crisis (as with numerous other iatrogenic, or doctor induced crises) will remain out of control and on the rampage. For it is in researching this situation more carefully, that we realise the only identifiable entities out of control and on the rampage are our own ignorance of the facts and those official bodies conducting the current slaughter. The fact that the latest news bulletins are reporting that 'expert' intervention might eventually contain the crisis, must not lull us into a false sense of security over their so-called 'expertise'. There was nothing to worry about in the first place. From start to finish, the whole affair has been an absolute disgrace. 

Let's take another look at
those headlines again:

CHIEF VET WARNS OF CATASTROPHE UK
Telegraph
’01-03-09

The foot and mouth crisis appears in danger of racing out of control, despite assurances that the virus had been contained. "The disease is going to last a long time." Said Jim Scudamore, the chief Veterinary officer. 

VETS FEAR BLACK MARKET SHEEP
WILL SPREAD VIRUS UK
The Times
’01.03.09

Large tracts of the countryside may be no go areas for months as foot and mouth threatens to spiral out of control. There are now fears that the virus could infect 19 million breeding flocks, which could carry disease antibodies after the outbreak is over.. 

UK FARM CRISIS
NO END IN SIGHT

The Guardian
01.03.09

Britain's foot and mouth crisis has spread far further than originally though and is moving rapidly from sheep to cattle.. 

What value do we now place on the above headlines? It has been said that through people meeting people meeting people, each one of us is just six handshakes away from a king. 

Send this information to just six people. It will soon find its mark. Contact your local paper. Contact your national paper. Contact your MP, your senator, your governmental park and countryside officials. This gross distortion of the truth must end immediately. This is an opportunity to begin to expose the multitudinous vested interests negatively affecting our democratic rights and our health. 

Help put a stop to the current slaughter. 

Since this posting, information has come to light, which convincingly questions the 'foot and mouth as virus' hypothesis. Please get the following: 

Foot and Mouth Disease Questions 
http://www.whatareweswallowing.freeserve.co.uk/footquestions.htm 

See also latest headline at http://195.172.106.165/news/story5.html 

Michael Fordham, Chairman of East Sussex NFU, said that it would be 'foolish ' to dismiss Mr Ransom's comments, but added that farmers had no option but to go along with Government directives. 

See also environment correspondent Geoffrey Lean's article in the UK Independent 
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/This_Britain/2001-03/plague040301.shtml 

When the last glows of the burnt carcasses have died away, ministers must build one more pyre, for MAFF itself, and the whole misguided set of entrenched interests it represents. 

For those who wish to see their local forests and public walks reopened, readers are encouraged to contact their local council offices. For Ashdown Forest , please go to the link below, and register your protest. Let's keep our glorious Ashdown Forest OPEN! 

http://www.eastsussexcc.gov.uk/env/foot&mouth.htm 
References. 

1.	UK Times, 2001.03.01 
2.	
3.	Australian Animal Health Information Services. www.aahc.com.au March 5, 2001 update. 

3. UK Times, ibid 

4. Office International des Epizooties 
http://www.oie.int/eng/info/hebdo/AIS_60.HTM#Sec2 

5. A more detailed account of the problems with ELISA testing can be found at http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/cjtestfp.htm and also at 
http://tomdavisbooks.com/headlines/hivdumbtest.html 

6. Ms Woods is soon to be releasing her own report on F&M. Out of respect for copyright, the more detailed references from these early newspapers have been withheld. They will be published in full in Ms Wood's report. The author, Steven Ransom is co-author of the book, "World Without Aids", available at Credence Publications 

Link URL for websites 
http://www.davidicke.com/icke/articles3/footmouth.html

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