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Texas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growing (arstechnica.com)
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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

What do you think BSE was? We were lucky to keep that within the cow population.

[-] irreticent@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago

I didn't know what it meant and had to look it up, and for anyone else wondering:

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is an incurable and invariably fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms include abnormal behavior, trouble walking, and weight loss. Later in the course of the disease, the cow becomes unable to function normally.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Correct. And it can transfer to humans, where it is then known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob, with the same results. One of those medical topics that make me really shudder when thinking about it.

[-] prole 1 points 5 months ago

True, forgot about Cruetzfeldt-Jacob.

Also, think that one in Africa that happened because the natives in the area had a tradition of eating the brains of their dead loved ones, was also a prion. I want to say Kuru? Koru?

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Was that really Africa? I am not sure, it could have been Indian or Pacific Ocean islands. But I could be mistaken here.

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