Foot and Mouth Again

Well, it's a triumph. Looks like the outbreak is due to some sort of "escape" from Pirbright. That's not the only stupidity though. It appears that while the powers-that-be declared a three kilometre protection zone they failed to close footpaths inside that area. On being questioned this morning Hilary Benn said that footpaths immediately next to outbreaks would be closed, which seems to fall into the horse and stable door model of control to me. Cattle in the fields I walk through today might already be infected, byt symptomless. Surely common sense would closes footpaths all around Pirbright, before anymore outbreaks occur?