You should try to avoid spreading misinformation. Prions are not virii and don't "replicate into" life forms of any sort. Prions are misfolded proteins. When they come in contact with certain other proteins they cause them to fold incorrectly & create new prions. They are not alive. They do not take over healthy living cells as every virus does.

There are also zero confirmed cases of CJD or vCJD or nvCJD caused by contact with deer suffering from CWD.

It's also very unlikely that you got botulism from from hamburger. It's also not fast food employees who make the hamburger patties. They come pre-made to the restaurants. Frozen in most cases, but fresh at Wendy's.


Quote Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy View Post
Never eat the brains or parts of the nervous system of any animal. Prions are parts of a virus that are able to replicate into a full virus life form. "Wasting Disease" of local deer is a form of this disease. This virus can mutate to a human form called "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease".

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001792/

I quit eating hamburger...you never know what they put in it! When a disease transfers from an animal to human it is called a "zoonosis". Virus's can and will mutate with every infection because they use your DNA to replicate!
You think an illegal immmigrant, paid minimum wage, will care what cow parts fall in your ground meat? Did I tell you story of the botulism I got from a Wendys hamburger...