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New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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Jesus. Please tell me that's an extremely rare result. Because that is genuinely fucking terrifying.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10047479/#:~:text=Current%20work%20suggests%20that%20there,prion%20disease%2C%20i.e.%2C%20neurodegeneration.
Yeah it’s fully terrifying.
I’m extra freaked that now Covid is endemic in the deer populations because Cervid Wasting Disease is also endemic and I’m afraid they will interact somehow…
Welp, guess masks are forever now between wildfire smoke and spontaneous prion generation risk. Jfc
What’s really cool is that prion disease incubation period can be years 🙃
this is fucking terrifying
Ah fuck haha lol ;_;
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Jesus fuck. : |
I could have gone the rest of my life without knowing that.
If you really want to scare yourself go read about FIP, which is what happens to cats when they get repeatedly infected with coronavirus.