Why haven’t prions caused an epidemic in humans yet?

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I’ve read of accounts of “Kuru” and from what I’ve read the diseases caused by prions generally have a long incubation period, and that it can take a very singular prion to cascade into a complete disease.

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While they can randomly form in anyone at any time, they usually don’t. They’re incredibly rare. And while it can be passed by consuming infected tissue, how often do you eat human nervous tissue? I have eat to do that, so my chances are really low.

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