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Should I go vegan just because my country refuses to test cattle for prions? How worried should we be about infectious prions?

>> No.10018007

>>10018003
Well, you can just cook your beef really well if you are that worried about it.

>> No.10018014

>>10018007
I’ve heard that prions can survive temperatures over 1000 degrees.

>> No.10018116

>>10018003
If that is accurate, id be worried as fuck if I lived in the US.
Cooking your meat wont save you. There is no cure once you have it, only a slow deterioration of your brain into certain death.
And it takes years for the symptoms to manifest them-self, so you wont necessarily be able to see it happening to people around you before it has spread largely, if they are covering up its spread in cows.

Anything that causes brain deterioration is so scary too me. Especially when there is no cure.

>> No.10018454

>>10018116
I know. Big Agriculture is scary.

>> No.10019474

>>10018003
Must be nice knowing every steak you eat can make your brain become a sponge

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10019482

>>10018116
>Anything that causes brain deterioration is so scary too me
>posts on 4chan

>> No.10019983

>>10018003
>should I go vegan because of a disease that has killed 4 people in the US, and hasn't been confirmed even to come from meat at all?
No

>> No.10020014

>>10019983
this. unless you dont eat cow brain even an infected cow's meat is probably safe to eat.

>> No.10020019

>>10018014
retard alert

>> No.10020061

>>10018003
>test cattle for prions

All cattle have prions though. You have prions too.

>> No.10020107

How often are you eating cow brains?

>> No.10021372

>>10018003
>>10018116
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion#Role_of_prions_in_Transmissible_spongiform_encephalopathies
>The cause of the Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) is currently unknown, but the diseases are known to be associated with prions.

Prions might not be the cause so best not to worry about them too much at this point. The likelyhood of getting TSE is extremely low. Worrying about the connection between the food you eat and diabetes, heart disease, alzheimer's, dementia, autoimmune disorders, gut problems etc. would be much more useful.

>> No.10021378

>>10018003
Eat chicken and fish, more healthly and loss weight

>> No.10021386

>>10018003
don't eat sausage.

if you're really paranoid, buy beef from a local farmer who doesn't feed his cows offal. grass-fed beef is supposed to have a little better fat profile with more omega-3.

but mostly stay away from nervous tissue.

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10021387

>>10019482
got me

>> No.10021407

good news and bad news OP

You can eat all the cow meat you want.

You are already mentally retarded.

>> No.10021414

Are you eating the fucking brains on a regular basis? Are you also a Cow?

If the answer to either of these is no then you are fucking fine.