‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans
‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans
www.theguardian.com ‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans
Warnings that ‘slow-moving disaster’ in North America raises chances of fatal mad cow-type disease jumping species barrier
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Prions are freaky.
Agreed. Kinda wonder if this is going to be what takes us out as a species one day.
A truck with all the proper paperwork arrives at the border and drops a trailer in the middle of a lot. The doors open and an automated lab just continues to selectively breed up prions in its thousands of samples of human brain cells. Eventually something wanders in, maybe a hungry animal, maybe a curious person. The prion soup enters into the ecosystem.
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