That's fair enough, and if you would, I'd appreciate it.
You didn't get much of a rest, Dr. Butler-Jones. I was trying to let you have a sip of water.
One of the things I found interesting is that at a certain point in time listeriosis was what is called a notifiable disease. I assume that what they are saying is that when folks see it—and I'm assuming they are talking about public health agencies and others—they are supposed to notify someone. To my understanding, that stopped at some point in time, somewhere around 2000.
It seems to me that in a case such as listeriosis, which we have all come to learn is fairly prevalent—the listeria bacterium, according to what all the scientists and all the lay people who talked to us have told us, is a very prevalent bacterium, and folks get ill from time to time—we stopped doing this. It begs the question why.
The other question is whether it is still listed as a “not notifiable” incident when others see it. I'm not suggesting that folks don't speak about it, but clearly, a notification process isn't being used, according to my understanding. If somebody can verify that for me, I'd appreciate it.