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Originally Posted by floatingslowly
you can get Creutzfeldt-Jakod disease (the human variant of mad cow) from any tissue that's had prionic contamination.
even rose gardeners have been highly susceptible thanks to bone meal in their fertilzer. bone meal has been a chief vector due to the fact that it's not highly regulated and diseased animals can easily slip into the mix. bone meal is also often used in animal feed as a filler.
before anyone was aware of the problem, it was assumed that autoclaving surgical instruments would sterilize them. however, prions are resistant to the level of heat that's used (they can even survive high doses of radiation).
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in summary, we are all fucked.