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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In principle you could. But you are worrying way too much about something that is incredibly unlikely to ever effect you. All prion diseases in the U.S., including genetic and spontaneous conversion make up something like 300 cases a year. I assume you live in the U.S. and the USDA watches for mad cow disease very very very closely. At present there is none here and has not been for years. This is not something you should really spend time worrying about. I could give you some more practical things to worry about if you like, prions would not be one of them. Other prions that exist such as CWD and Scrapie do not infect humans.
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