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mkagenius
on Dec 10, 2018
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Prions, Nearly Indestructible and Universally Leth...
The top comment sheds some light on the rarity of the disease and the article just being some sort of fear mongering --
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18648393
crankylinuxuser
on Dec 10, 2018
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If you don't eat brains, you're pretty much safe.
If you eat brains, your risks go up by multiple magnitudes.
gnulinux
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I wonder if it's limited to brain. If a cattle has prions and if you eat its tissues other than brain, can't you still contact prions via motor neurons?
pastor_elm
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Sounds like PR from the brain lobby.
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