Hold the train……we are now blaming deer for a rise in prion disease.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/108659

The next possible “zoonotic jump” has been announced. There are worries that millions of people who hunt their own game, such as deer, and eat the venison meat, might be at risk for the next “zoonotic jump” disease of prion disease/chronic wasting disease/mad cow disease/spongiform illness. It comes in many names, but the end result is the prions that infect your brain are deadly.

So why do they think that deer and venison meat will be the trigger? That the article says “we are not prepared for”? What else has elevated prion disease over the last two years? Surely they wouldn’t try to blame venison meat as the cause of the next bat soup virus, would they? (Note my sarcasm).