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Science fiction movies are gradually becoming reality. According to a report by Fox News on the 23rd, the first case of 'zombie deer' disease was found in Yellowstone National Park. Perhaps it could infect humans in the future. Are we really heading towards a zombie apocalypse?

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This has already infected humans in some places. Deer hunters ate deer meat from infected animals and got what appeared to be Creutzfeld-Jakob disease. https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000204407 The plus side if there is one is that not too many people eat deer meat.

A large percentage of people in my area eat venison regularly for at least part of the year. We already have controls on place for CWD so I have to hope that would catch any similar cases before someone eats the meat.

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