Mad cow disease is a physical pathology of the brain causing dementia and death. Its human analog is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which is always fatal. Psychosis is also a brain pathology and also thought to have physical origins in neuron pathology and/or chemical imbalance. Neither is caused by political orientation or by thoughtful reflection on the shortcomings of Donald Trump, our current president. I suspect the "Mad Cow Disease" comment by the author (he SAYS he wrote satire) is a satire on and an insult to the many women who have marched in protest against Trump's indecency toward women.