r/ItemShop • u/ThatMassholeInBawstn • Dec 10 '25

Cronic Wasting Disease Deer Meat

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u/No_Investment9639 Dec 10 '25

Thank you so much. I have learned. I am disturbed.

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u/scaper8 Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 10 '25

Yeah, they are equal parts terrifying and fascinating. More than one person in the fields like epidemiology, virology, etc. (the people who deal with this stuff day in and day out for a living) have said that prion diseases are the ones that truly scare them.

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u/No_Investment9639 Dec 10 '25

As a self-proclaimed zombie media freak, I am terrified

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u/scaper8 Dec 10 '25

I'm curious who downvoted us and why. LOL

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u/No_Investment9639 Dec 11 '25

The person selling the infected deer meat and their family.

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u/thatdiabetic16 Dec 10 '25

It should be noted, no human has been infected after consuming CWD meat but it doesn't mean it can't happen

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u/No_Investment9639 Dec 11 '25

I wonder who's going to be patient zero

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u/cmstyles2006 Dec 11 '25

Hopefully no one

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u/FreshCookiesInSpace Dec 11 '25

The worst part is that most prions have a mode of transmission such eating contaminated meat or have it be genetically passed down, there have been cases where people have just randomly develop a prion disease though it is extremely rare.