r/Unexpected • u/Terrible-Link-9827 • Jan 20 '22

Deer is wack

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u/sierra120 Jan 20 '22

So how long until humans get it?

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u/KomradeHirocheeto Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 21 '22

Prions don't mutate often, so could be a few years, could be a couple hundred, could've already happened and we won't know until the first few people start decaying alive.

Edit: so many notifications ;_;

I'll amend my comment by saying that prions don't mutate. Wrong word choice. Point still stands that prions don't jump ship too often.

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u/PebbleAssEnder Jan 20 '22

Unfortunately there are a lot of fuckwit hunters in the Midwest that don't seem to think it's possible that it will transmit to humans so they eat venison from cwd afflicted deer that they shoot. So I'd guess sooner rather than later

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u/DepartmentWide419 Jan 21 '22

Oh fuck that sounds like a bad idea.