[danesparza]

Agreed. Prions almost strike me as an interesting boundary condition for stupid behavior. But if most of the world's meat supply becomes effected by prion caused diseases (think: Chronic Wasting Disease https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cwd/index.html ) then I think we truly might be in a tight spot.

[Igelau]

IIRC, BSE (Mad Cow) was spreading among cattle because the industry was using meat-and-bone feed from infected cattle. It was tainting the meat supply because captive-bolt guns spray more brain around than more traditional hammer-oriented methods of slaughtering beeves.

So yeah, cannibalism and brain spray. Stupid behaviors.

[adrianN]

Luckily humans can survive quite well without any meat at all.

[odyssey7]

I’m not sure this would save you. The deer get CWD by eating the grass other deer have been around. A zoonotic CWD would find its way into plant-based diets.

[hourislate]

The article suggests it's transmissible through plants and even air. You can't even sterilize surgical equipment under normal protocol to kill them.

It is basically a juggernaut.

[danesparza]

Agreed. What 2020 has shown us is that many humans can't cope with change well. This is what would cause us to be in a tight spot (IMHO)

[bregma]

If it was deadly enough, that problem would take care of itself quite quickly. Tragically, but quickly.

[Mordisquitos]

So can deer.

[kijin]

Unlike deer, at least some humans are capable of not pooping and drooling on other people's food.

[rjsw]

ITYM affected, not effected.