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		paulpauper on Dec 10, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prions, Nearly Indestructible and Universally Leth... the odds of this are about zero. the donor would have to have CJD, which is already exceedingly rare.

growlist on Dec 11, 2018 [–]

It's the surgical instruments I was thinking of. But yes, the risk being exceedingly low was kind of my point when mentioning diesel exhaust - a single lungful of which causes my chest to tighten up!

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