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The article presents some disturbing possibilities. Prion-vectored
diseases may be more widespread (in animals and humans) than we thought,
due to underreporting and misdiagnosis.

We just do not know very much about this class of diseases, and the
cross-species transmission mechanisms. I doubt that every burger is a
lethal biohazard. But I'm also a bit skeptical about the claims from
the government and cattle industry that the meat supply is completely
safe. It's hard to feel confident in those claims when they are only
testing animals that are so sick that they are falling off their feet.

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Julian Vrieslander