Originally from: Farmtalking
                        
Well ........I wouldn't be so quick to condemn the reported success at UBI!

For those of us who have tried to learn all we can since February 2001 concerning the virus and protective vaccines, among the facts that came to light and have been reported both on this message board, the Farmtalking website and elsewhere, is the fact that no vaccine is 100% effective!

We have learned that if 85% of a population is vaccinated that should be sufficient to give protection and prevent an epidemic.

Dr. Ruth Watkins, the virologist, explained early in 2001, that the FMD vaccine available at that time was one of the most efficacious vaccines in the world, better than many human vaccines and she reiterated this at the Heart of Cumbria meeting at Penrith Rugby Club in July 2001.

Dr. Watkins told us that for instance, polio had almost been erradicated from the world through a concerted effort by the World Health Organization, to ensure that a high enough percentage of the population was vaccinated. It was her firm belief that FMD could be arradicated in the same way with world-wide vaccination if everyone had the will to do it and co-operated!

If I remember correctly, the UK Govt was one of several testing the synthetic vaccine from UBI prior to the outbreak of FMD in the UK, (as part of the validation required), and if I'm not mistaken, we were told that UBI had achieved success in the lab with the 20/1 pigs at that time and further validation was now required and other countries were assisting with this, including ourselves. Several people thought if we had used the synthetic vaccine during the early part of 2001 it might not only have validated it's efficacy rather rapidly but perhaps would have brought an equally rapid end to our epidemic.

However, that is all water under the bridge, but for those who are interested a 'Search' on Farmtalking – http://www.farmtalking.com – might furnish some useful facts.

Meanwhile, any advance in the validation of a safe synthetic vaccine is surely to be welcomed.

All we need now is for our Govt to promise to use protective vaccination whether of the 'synthetic' or 'killed' variety, as a priority and forget about their cruel 'stamping out' policy.

Jane