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Oneironaut

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12. Yep. It's weird bc prions aren't alive.

Reply to modrepub (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 18, 2024, 02:14 PM

Apr 18

They’re just affected protein tissue that become misshapen. When the prion touches other protein tissue, it causes that tissue to become misshapen as well. Cooking it doesn’t matter.

That’s why prions slowly destroy your brain. It’s a slow chain reaction.

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Study: Hunters Die After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison [View all] Coventina Apr 18 OP

Yup. Probably the same cause. This is something that may be a concern for my old blood center occupation. It may take brewens Apr 18 #1

"Repeatedly Consumed" modrepub Apr 18 #2

Yep. It's weird bc prions aren't alive. Oneironaut Apr 18 #12

Me, I'm happy and healthy at age 72 being a carnivore. I'll take the risk. elocs Apr 18 #3

Me, too PJMcK Apr 18 #9

Like our ape relatives, we are omnivores. wnylib Apr 18 #16

Concerning Marthe48 Apr 18 #4

So how Traildogbob Apr 18 #5

Good questions! And even some vegan magats show signs of wasted brains. erronis Apr 18 #10

I absolutely would not eat deer/elk game in Colorado. Laffy Kat Apr 18 #6

Yup, they fed cattle bone meal TexasBushwhacker Apr 18 #7

I know a vegetarian who died of Mad Carrot Disease. Wonder Why Apr 18 #8

Is that what Trump has? Oneironaut Apr 18 #11

And as a vegetarian, PatSeg Apr 18 #15

They're not the root of all evil. n/t Harker Apr 18 #20

Ha, ha, ha! PatSeg Apr 18 #22

Deer are omnivores. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 18 #13

Although deer prefer to browse in forests, they will eat grass Warpy Apr 18 #14

Yet Ted Nugent still lives. SergeStorms Apr 18 #17

You can send the head of the deer to get tested Farmer-Rick Apr 18 #18

The diseases are not the same Progressive dog Apr 18 #19

If you eat about anything, multigraincracker Apr 18 #21

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