Thread: Foot n mouth

Originally Posted by Nickoli

Please forgive my cynicism here, but F&M encounters/scares/incidents are fairly routine at the border; they tend to get publicized when there is a need to obfuscate and hide some other unpleasant news - last time this happened was during the Helen Clarke years....(the current politicians have been spoilt lately with Covid - guess the shine is wearing off Covid as a distraction....)

I'm not downplaying F&M at all - it would decimate our biggest export earners overnight, but there's a nagging feeling that the latest "scare" is being used cynically.

Perhaps cranking up the fear of F&M helps maintain the fear of diseases ( and covid) in general ?