Word: pattison
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...victims may be just the first ones. John Pattison, the microbiologist who headed the government commission, said last week that since Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has an incubation period as long as 15 years, "there could be thousands more cases." Asked whether Britain might face an AIDS-like epidemic, he answered, "I cannot deny that's a possibility...
...Though Pattison added that current beef eaters run little risk, the news cast a pall over Britain's traditional eating habits. Butchers said last week there was little call for beef cuts. At the Strand branch of Angus Steak Houses Ltd., in central London, the management was offering a special: just $10 for a sirloin steak with French fries and mushrooms. During a busy Friday lunch hour, the offer had few takers...