Prions are the stuff of nightmares. These fuckers are almost impossible to destroy.
MoleUK on
Before anyone gets too worked up, this isn’t anything to worry about as it’s the atypical BSE involved.
“Atypical BSE is distinct from classical BSE and is a spontaneously and sporadically occurring, non-contagious disease which is believed to occur at a very low level in all cattle populations.”
Zenigata on
Makes me glad to be a vegetarian, there’s an excellent BBC podcast “[The Cows are Mad](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001rrhy)” on history of BSE. Still haunted by the line:
>We were hoping it would be brain cancer
Said to the mother of one of the victims by the doctor who was unable to do anything to help her son.
That zombie deer thing is more than a little worrying.
4u2kni on
Did the American imported beef already make its way to the UK? 🤣
ash894 on
Can you imagine how social media would react if we had those mountains of dead burning cows again.
PerceptionGreat2439 on
If we wash the beef in chlorine it’ll be ok, right?
Spindelhalla_xb on
Sure it will be fine. Trigger’s been eating British beef all his life.
TrackOk2853 on
British farmers have been expecting a manufactured outbreak ever since they protested the government.
ArmyAutomatic7618 on
Here we go again, politicians forcing their kids to eat medium rare burgers
ehtio on
Do we really have to give them those names? Mad cow disease, really?
What about Summer Cold Cow or Getwell Cow disease so people don’t freak out?
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Prions are the stuff of nightmares. These fuckers are almost impossible to destroy.
Before anyone gets too worked up, this isn’t anything to worry about as it’s the atypical BSE involved.
“Atypical BSE is distinct from classical BSE and is a spontaneously and sporadically occurring, non-contagious disease which is believed to occur at a very low level in all cattle populations.”
Makes me glad to be a vegetarian, there’s an excellent BBC podcast “[The Cows are Mad](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001rrhy)” on history of BSE. Still haunted by the line:
>We were hoping it would be brain cancer
Said to the mother of one of the victims by the doctor who was unable to do anything to help her son.
That zombie deer thing is more than a little worrying.
Did the American imported beef already make its way to the UK? 🤣
Can you imagine how social media would react if we had those mountains of dead burning cows again.
If we wash the beef in chlorine it’ll be ok, right?
Sure it will be fine. Trigger’s been eating British beef all his life.
British farmers have been expecting a manufactured outbreak ever since they protested the government.
Here we go again, politicians forcing their kids to eat medium rare burgers
Do we really have to give them those names? Mad cow disease, really?
What about Summer Cold Cow or Getwell Cow disease so people don’t freak out?