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I wonder if Chronic Wasting Disease has finally jumped to humans given that NB has a large number of Deer/Moose hunters.
by en4bz 6y ago
I wonder if Chronic Wasting Disease has finally jumped to humans given that NB has a large number of Deer/Moose hunters.
- frabbit 6y agoNot to mention Rappie Pie https://www.thestar.com/life/food_wine/2020/03/17/some-in-quinan-nova-scotia-were-skeptical-people-would-pay-to-eat-game-meat-but-the-annual-wild-game-fundraising-dinner-sells-out-every-year.html https://www.thestar.com/life/food_wine/2020/03/17/some-in-qu...
- mc32 6y agoCWD 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.
- bryanlarsen 6y agoAll known prion based chronic wasting diseases have been rules out, according to the article.
- stonecraftwolf 6y agoFuck I hope not. I just googled the CWD occurrence map in the US. It’s...very scary.