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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Most people don’t eat the brain or spine at all, especially Americans. Now that there has been a prominent scare the industry has taken precautions to minimize the risk of transmission. Prions can spontaneously form, it’s a bit like cancer but more rare. Things need to be very contagious in order to become plagues
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