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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 cau
by danesparza 6y ago
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 https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cwd/index.html ) then I think we truly might be in a tight spot.
- adrianN 6y agoLuckily humans can survive quite well without any meat at all.
- Mordisquitos 6y agoSo can deer.
- kijin 6y agoUnlike deer, at least some humans are capable of not pooping and drooling on other people's food.
- odyssey7 6y agoI’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.
- danesparza 6y agoAgreed. 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 6y agoIf it was deadly enough, that problem would take care of itself quite quickly. Tragically, but quickly.
- hourislate 6y agoThe 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.
- rjsw 6y agoITYM affected, not effected.
- Igelau 6y agoIIRC, 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.