kcarruthers,
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Ooh I had a new on my 2024 , is this it?

Two Hunters Died of Rare Prion Disease. Doctors Suspect a First-of-Its Kind Deer Transmission

https://gizmodo.com/chronic-wasting-disease-deer-meat-prions-hunter-deaths-1851423216

trib,
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@kcarruthers I've been following this story because I'm interested in conservation and outdoor culture, and it would seem that a lot of the media have grabbed a couple of lines in the study and beaten it up.
https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/wildlife-management/did-cwd-kill-two-unnamed-hunters-probably-not

kcarruthers,
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@trib but a prion pandemic would be fascinating

trib,
@trib@aus.social avatar

@kcarruthers not in a good way.

idealaw,
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@trib @kcarruthers I always thought with all the early panic about Covid originating with wet markets in China, that Australia was super lucky that our very own homegrown Hendra virus didn’t turn into a pandemic.

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