I'm a histotech planning on going to med school for pathology. And I have heard of both techs and pathologists getting acquired CJD.
So maybe tissue being dead has something to do with it.
Hmm.

Hmm.
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For the second time, another disease has been declared "eradicated"
16/08/2011 11:11:20 PM
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Something scary about "animal" diseases-
16/08/2011 11:51:45 PM
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I was reading about prions at Cracked.com earlier.
17/08/2011 01:51:29 AM
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don't be ridiculous, you don't need to encounter ANY animal
17/08/2011 02:02:04 AM
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Wiki is vague on this.
17/08/2011 07:52:09 AM
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yah, prions are a scary scary thing.
17/08/2011 01:58:53 AM
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Re: Something scary about "animal" diseases-
17/08/2011 04:45:27 AM
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Sorry.
17/08/2011 03:58:39 PM
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Re:
Sorry.
17/08/2011 09:46:59 PM
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Interesting.
18/08/2011 08:30:39 PM
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lol you know what's funny?
18/08/2011 10:21:53 PM
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If Rinderpest = Foot & Mouth, it most certainly wasn't gone from the First World years ago.
17/08/2011 05:51:41 PM
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no, that's not what I meant
17/08/2011 06:30:28 PM
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In a way, I'm glad I never heard of it, and hope I don't have to deal with it! *NM*
17/08/2011 06:36:28 PM
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