Bluetongue virus spreads to France

OH, NO! Bluetongue virus is spreading! No, you don't get it from making out with Smurfs. It's a horrible, contagious disease!

I just wanted to be one of the first bloggers to panic. Bird flu/SARS/mad cow/monkey pox/etc. were such letdowns, I thought I'd get a jump on the new fearmongering.

The insect-borne disease, which is fatal to sheep but not contagious or known to affect humans, was identified in a cow

Yeah, not contagious to humans - yet. You mark my words - you've not heard the last of blue tongue.