Can I become infected with a prion from drinking bone broth?

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Prions are scary as hell. Can I become infected with a prion from drinking bone broth (chicken, beef or lamb) or are the risks about the same as eating a cheeseburger from McDonald’s?

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I’m gonna be blunt and mean here. Apologies in advance. Fuck your what ifs get help and get Meds. You are mentally destroying yourself with scenarios that just are not gonna happen. I get that you have ocd but this constant cycle of stress IS doing more damage to you than any of these scenarios you can think of that MIGHT happen. There is help out there that knows a hell of a lot more than you do after 5 mins on Google. This.stress.will.kill.you

The chances of dying from prions in the UK are astronomically low there. The last reported case of vCJD, according to the National Institute of Health, was in 2016, which was a better part of a decade ago

And if you’re from the US since 1996, there have been only 4 cases. The last report from the cdc listed it as 2012.

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