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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Certainly you could as heat isn’t going to destroy prions. That said no ever has ever gotten a prion disease in the US. You are much more likely to die of something much more mundane. So it’s a bit like worrying about a unicorn attack in a field full of cows. You really should be worrying about the cows not hypothetical unicorns.

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