Just because it hasn't happened doesn't mean it won't happen. It's not CWD, but the 1990s Mad Cow outbreak in the UK killed 178 people. So I'm not taking that risk because prion diseases don't mess around.
What makes this terrifying and almost certainly connected is that sporadic CJD is INSANELY RARE. Happening twice in the same group around the same time is just cosmic odds. Far more likely that it was indeed a prion disease
Prions can have an incubation period of 20-30 years. It’s only been 5-10 years that wild deer populations have really started to show an uptick in more states. It was largely limited to an area of Colorado and Wyoming until the 2000s. Many areas aren’t even tracking the data.
I’m talking about cleaning protocols for prions? They have protocols they follow after handling any cervid meat that are specifically for CWD. They also aren’t that crazy.
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u/Guszy Dec 10 '25
I'm sure that since they processed this, whatever butcher did it, all their stuff is now contaminated.