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by en4bz 1915 days ago
I wonder if Chronic Wasting Disease has finally jumped to humans given that NB has a large number of Deer/Moose hunters.
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All known prion based chronic wasting diseases have been rules out, according to the article.
CWD is a prion disease. Mad cow disease is also a prion disease. In humans it’s called vCJD so we know prion diseases in cattle affect people.
Fuck I hope not. I just googled the CWD occurrence map in the US. It’s...very scary.