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by oxymoran 1613 days ago
True. But they don’t go away, they persist in nature. So theoretically, the risk continues to grow as they accumulate over time.
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Theres also "Fatal insomnia" which is a prion disease that is hereditary.

https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/brain,-spinal-cord,-and-ne...

Wow... Only 40 people in the world have it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zaz67IcLDY

So scary.

Nonsense, it is not like they are forever chemicals. They break down over time so it isn't like the global prion count keeps going up
I would guess they still deteriorate over years so the risk might actually remain stable.