HOW QUICKLY CAN AIRBORNE DISEASE SPREAD

jUST LAST NIGHT, I WENT TO BED EARLY, IT HAD BEEN A HUGE DAY, AND I JUST COLLAPSED INTO BED, TURNED THE TV ON, AND THE GREAT POTATO FAMINE OF IRELAND AROUND1845 WAS ON.
IT SHOWED ME HOW QUICKLY ANY AIRBORNE DISEASE OR FUNGUS CAN SPREAD.
AS MOST OF THE COUNTRY OF IRELAND WAS FED ON POTATO, AND APPARANTLY ONLY ONE SPECIES OF POTATO, AND IT WAS BASICALLY THEIR STAPLE DIET AT THAT TIME.
IT IS ASSUMED THAT A SHIP THAT VISITED IRELAND HAD AN AIR BORNE FUNGUS ON IT, WHICH IN 3 WEEKS SPREAD TO EVERY CROP OF POTATOES IN IRELAND.
THIS SHOWED ME TWO THINGS.
FIRSTLY, HOW QUICKLY AN AIR-BORNE DISEASE OR FUNGUS CAN SPREAD, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS TO ME HOW QUICKLY IF LOW BIOSECURITY IS ON THE FARM, THAT TB COULD SPREAD.


i AM ONLY WRITING THIS BLOG, TO HELP THOSE IN THE TB GROUP HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SPREAD THE WORD.
MY SECOND THOUGHT FROM THIS PROGRAM WAS TO DIVERSIFY.
BEING A FARMER, AND OUR ONNLY INCOME CURRENTLY IS ON THE LAND, YOU NEED TO DIVERSIFY AND NOT COUNT ON JUST ONE THING.

I THINK THAT DIANNE SUMMERS IS SUCH A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR THE ALPACA INDUSTRY, AND HER BRAVERY OF GETTING UP AND EDUCATING EVERYONE ABOUT TB, STANDING UP TO HELP OTHERS, THROUGH HER OWN LOSS, I BELIEVE SHE NEEDS AN AWARD.