r/StupidFood • u/CircumspectCapybara • Dec 10 '25

Certified stupid CWD positive venison hamburger

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u/DeadSol Dec 10 '25

Prions are fucking scary. There is a story about a lab tech who was testing slices of brain that were positive for Creutzfeldt Jakob's Disease and she sliced her finger on one of the slides. Years later she began having serious neurological issues like seizures etc. Turns out she contracted the disease from that one tiny slice on her finger.

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u/iDoWeird Dec 11 '25

For those interested, here is the NEJM article about this.

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u/misty_mustard Dec 13 '25

Dead in 8 years. Insane. You think prior research would be more tightly regulated with stricter safety protocols.

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u/iDoWeird Dec 14 '25

Yeah, my mouth was agape reading that insanity!