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The top comment sheds some light on the rarity of the disease and the article just being some sort of fear mongering -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=186
by mkagenius 8y ago
The top comment sheds some light on the rarity of the disease and the article just being some sort of fear mongering -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18648393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18648393
- crankylinuxuser 8y agoIf you don't eat brains, you're pretty much safe. If you eat brains, your risks go up by multiple magnitudes.
- gnulinux 8y agoI wonder if it's limited to brain. If a cattle has prions and if you eat its tissues other than brain, can't you still contact prions via motor neurons?
- pastor_elm 8y agoSounds like PR from the brain lobby.