A bit. It's more an allergy, like a peanut or shellfish. Prions change the affected protein itself. This alpha-gal protein triggers a broken immune response wh

A bit. It's more an allergy, like a peanut or shellfish. Prions change the affected protein itself. This alpha-gal protein triggers a broken immune response where your body learns to identify regular animal protein as a foreign invader, so henceforth whenever you eat animal protein you get an immune reaction.