Letter: Beef: `meat products' may be infected, but only a few people wi ll ever get CJD
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Sir: In Cornwall we had clear night skies over the weekend, enabling us to see the approaching comet Hyukatake with the naked eye; it was a fine sight. Comets were always viewed as bringers of disaster, and this one's arrival has coincided almost to the day with the BSE scare.
N J Lennon
Newquay, Cornwall
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