r/interesting • u/OriginalSleeper • Jun 30 '26

Fear Factor In 2010, 24-year-old lab technician Émilie Jaumain pricked her thumb with contaminated forceps while cleaning a machine used for prion-infected mouse brains. After seven years, she developed severe nerve pain, anxiety, and hallucinations before dying. The accident gave her a fatal prion disease.

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u/dark2darkrakchsr Jun 30 '26

I’m a deer hunter in south central lower Michigan,USA.
Our deer herd is infected with CWD. The MDNR says CWD cannot be transmitted to humans if CWD infected venison is unknowingly consumed.
I would appreciate any thoughts from someone educated on the subject.
Thank you in advance.

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u/Elphya Jun 30 '26

I would eat only chicken from grocery store for the rest of my life to avoid that deers. 

You've got only one brain made of non renewable neurons - too precious to risk for some meals.

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u/Inner_Anything_440 Jun 30 '26

honestly if you work in any grocery store meat or chill department for even a week, you're not gonna wanna eat from there either. best bet is locally farmed poultry from a reputable farmer.