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I'm missing the reference to foot and mouth disease. FMD is a viral infection and is not caused by prions.
by iamthepieman 5y ago
I'm missing the reference to foot and mouth disease. FMD is a viral infection and is not caused by prions.
- fao_ 5y agoIIRC at the time the BSE outbreak in the UK[1] was referred to as "foot and mouth disease" and I've heard people refer to it as that since then. I wasn't even aware they were separate things. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_BSE_outbreak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_BSE_outbreak
- shkkmo 5y agoThere may have been some innacurate reporting, but FMD and BSE present very differently in humans so I doubt there was deep confusion.