Thoughts? On CWD

[alexnelon]

Who is making money off of it?

The companies testing for it and the entities getting paid to cull.

 

[WyoWild]

The idea that CWD is a massive fraud perpetuated by dozens of state game agencies, researchers, biologists (i.e. thousands of people) all so they can charge people for CWD testing and culling deer does not seem logical.

 

[Fowl Play]

CWD is 100% real. But I also have no qualms feeding myself, wife, kids, family, etc a CWD infected animal, and will never have one tested to confirm/deny. My confidence stems from searching out and reading tons of scientific studies on it. They have NEVER been able to infect humans brain cells with CWD prions, even with months and months of direct brain tissue exposure between the two. There is a massive “species barrier” there that prevents it. It’s something to keep tabs on, but nothing to be worried about from a personal infection standpoint.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I don’t worry about it because I’m a helicopter!

 

[cubdriver84d]

Is there any evidence that killing more deer actually slows or stops the spread of CWD?

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.3089

 

[fish impaler]

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4981193/ some details on protein barriers to transmission