‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans

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‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans
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and don’t eat meat from dubious sources.

Have you ever actually seen the inside of a factory farm? Things don't get more "dubious" than that.

Well im with you on how gross factory kill floors are but I'm still recklessly confident that one thing i won't find in there is a deer.

If there is a super-pathogen spreading amongst wild animals the chance that this pathogen mutated in a factory farm is much, much higher than it mutating in the wild.

Of course, we're talking about a prion here and not viruses or bacteria... but the point still stands.

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