THE rate of new cases has slowed to a trickle but Britain’s foot and mouth
epidemic is not over yet. This despite the fact that 4 million animals have been
slaughtered in what is easily the largest and most costly outbreak of the virus
the modern world has seen. And with winter bringing the cold, moist conditions
the virus likes, things could get worse again. Surely the outbreak should have
been over by now if the government’s strategy for controlling it had been
sound?
In fact, two of the most detailed attempts so far to discover what would have
happened…
