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[-] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 23 points 1 year ago

prion disease,

Jesus. Please tell me that's an extremely rare result. Because that is genuinely fucking terrifying.

[-] Iraglassceiling@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10047479/#:~:text=Current%20work%20suggests%20that%20there,prion%20disease%2C%20i.e.%2C%20neurodegeneration.

Yeah it’s fully terrifying.

I’m extra freaked that now Covid is endemic in the deer populations because Cervid Wasting Disease is also endemic and I’m afraid they will interact somehow…

[-] Shortstack@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year ago

Welp, guess masks are forever now between wildfire smoke and spontaneous prion generation risk. Jfc

[-] Iraglassceiling@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

What’s really cool is that prion disease incubation period can be years 🙃

[-] silent_water@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

this is fucking terrifying

[-] panopticon@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago
[-] Iraglassceiling@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

spoiler: a giant emoji (maybe)

spoilercovid-cool

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

Jesus fuck. : |

I could have gone the rest of my life without knowing that.

[-] Iraglassceiling@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

If you really want to scare yourself go read about FIP, which is what happens to cats when they get repeatedly infected with coronavirus.

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