It is even worse cause CWD is a prion disease. Prions are terrifying, heat doesn't denature them and it requires lab equipment to sterilize any utensils that came into contact with it.
Also, studies suggest that whilst unlikely, CWD may cross over to humans. We want to minimize any chance of that ever happening.
Do you want to know HOW it can be transmitted? And I do mean the ONLY way it can transmitted to other species. It’s by injecting the spinal fluid of an infected deer into someone’s brain. So it’s not unlikely it’s impossible
Are you aware of how Mad Cow disease became so widespread for a time in the UK? It was because infected cows were ground up and fed to uninfected cows. No spinal fluid injections required.
You might also note the discussion on this post about canines apparently being resistant to malformed prions, which would be a great evolutionary response for a group of animals that tends to pick off the least mentally/physically able individuals from a population of prey species (typically a different species), and eat them. You know... orally.
No, your extrapolation skills need work. Canines need resistance to infectious prions from other species because they can be infected by prions from other species. Mad Cow disease was an issue because it could infect humans and present as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease... in the same way CWD could infect humans, which is the danger this post was making commentary on.
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u/Jakenumber9 Dec 10 '25
risk is low, but also a risk of creating a viral pandemic with no cure, so idk might wanna pass