• vexikron@lemmy.zip
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    11 months ago

    If a mad-cow-like disease jumped the barrier to humans and began spreading through Americans, the main problem in eradicating it would be that basically no one would be able to tell the difference from the average ‘Enthusiastic’ Republican Voter and someone whose brain is melting due to an actual pathogen.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t think enough people are eating venison regularly for a this prion to be a serious threat even if it manages to transmit to humans

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        11 months ago

        Deer arent eating venison regularly enough to explain the rate of its spread among deer.

        Its moving through them someplace else. Which means if it jumps to us, its moving through us someplace else too. And we dont actually know for sure how its moving through them.