http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,106692,00.html

Agriculture officials said Thursday they have received preliminary independent confirmation that the United States has its first case of mad cow disease (search) as federal investigators labored to trace the path the infected cow took from birth to slaughter.
If you do not eat beef anyway (or specifically, U.S. beef) please do not vote in the poll. I am interested to see how people who actually do eat U.S. beef are affected (if at all) by this development.