re: Scientists warn ‘zombie deer disease’ could spread to humans

I hear Pfizer has a vaccine for it…

Elections! Imma right?!?

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I've never looked into it, how did CWD first get introduced to the deer/elk population?

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It’s actually a terrifying tale of government incompetence. Colorado fish and game were studying a form of sheep scrapie (a prion disease in sheep) in deer in the late 1970’s. The deer escaped the research area, infected local populations, and 50 years later here we are.

Very much akin to Lyme disease and it’s possible origination near a U.S. facility at plum island.

CWD, Mad Cow, and Kuru (this is the disease in humans) are all a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy TSE caused by prions, which are an abnormally folded protein. Of the three, Kuru was first identified in the early 1950s in Papua New Guinea.

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It’s actually a terrifying tale of government incompetence. Colorado fish and game were studying a form of sheep scrapie (a prion disease in sheep) in deer in the late 1970’s. The deer escaped the research area, infected local populations, and 50 years later here we are.

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Was Fauci running that program?

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hundreds of animals were infected with the illness in the US

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As long as the deer don’t start eating each others brains we’re good.

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The theory is they pass it to each other by drooling on common food sources, ie salt licks.

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Bill Gates says you should only eat synthetic venison.

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This is probably closest to the real motivation