From https://reddit.com/r/ItemShop/comments/1piwkpt

by CircumspectCapybara

44 Comments

  1. Its_me_edenxx

    yes I would love to have your CWD positive venison hamburger, total stranger!

  2. Demonskull223

    While it’s not shown to be dangerous it’s very possible it is dangerous to eat.

  3. SilverB33

    I wouldn’t trust it either since they chose to not consume it themselves after testing positive….

  4. Behave_myself

    No direct link has been found that it’ll affect humans, yet, but my poor ass would buy it, I only get 11,604 per year. lol

  5. Hazelnutcookiez

    While theirs no confirmed cases of cwd being passed on…. I’m going to trust the CDC on not eating deer with confirmed cwd

  6. sincerevibesonly

    Foreigner here, what is cwd? My mind is guessing its either weed or some kinda virus

  7. Jimrodsdisdain

    Mmm delicious prions. So tasty you’ll laugh yourself to death.

  8. astrangeone88

    Lol. That is a chubbyemu post in the making.

    And it’s a prion disease? No thanks.

  9. Jskidmore1217

    Nice try, unethical scientist. I see what your doing.

  10. karoshikun

    mofos want to cause the first human case!

  11. High5theoctopus

    It’ll be picked up by some schmuck with a taco truck who will go on to infect hundreds and start the next global pandemic!

  12. Ksorkrax

    Is that legal? It’s free, but I can’t simply go and be like “oh hey guys, here is free blood with AIDS” either, right?

  13. Can-DontAttitude

    I think you just won the subreddit, I can’t think of anything more stupid.

  14. GreenAldiers

    I’m glad they want to meet in a public place. Wouldn’t want to get forcefully robbed of your diseased deer meat you’re giving away for free.

  15. SeaworthinessSalt524

    And this is how the zombie outbreak began

  16. Perfect_Caregiver_90

    Not the first time I’ve seen people giving away prion diseased meat.

    Fucking horrifying. 

  17. Organic_Education494

    Yeahh there is a reason why even though it isn’t currently transmitted over to Humans that we still don’t eat it.

    It could mutate and cross that gap causing CWD in humans.

  18. Iamfabulous1735285

    Hell no I don’t want to be the first human case of Chronic Wasting Disease.

  19. Ivotedforher

    This person has a conservation agent headed their way at this very moment.

  20. Meringue-Horror

    No transfer from deer to human **yet**…

    The **”yet”** here is very important.

  21. Wiknetti

    All it takes is just one CWD infected product in a human to go “you know what? I think I could go for a walk here”

  22. Best-Swordfish-7000

    This is how zombie apocalypse starts

  23. kendostickball

    Ya know, I like venison, but I also like having a brain that’s not full of holes.

  24. scienceAurora

    No thank you, not risking it. It looks gross

  25. Do you want Resident Evil? Because this is how you get Resident Evil.

  26. WarthogMaleficent804

    The beginning of the zombie apocalypse in 3..2…

  27. G0alLineFumbles

    Prions are terrifying. I really hope this is a troll listing.

  28. Uncool444

    Most cases of CJD have no known cause. It remains dormant for years, even decades, making tracing potential sources very difficult. Not like they can just test the bite of deer jerky you ate at a potluck as a teenager. Something is causing it, and “no confirmed cases” means nothing in a situation where confirmation is so difficult to get.

    You can absolutely get it from eating contaminated meat, that much is certain. There is no reason to think you can’t get it from deer meat.

  29. rbad8717

    CWD venison 

    Starting with rabies raccoon sliders

    And washing it down with a poisonous venom milkshake

    Yall are tripping these are some good eats 

  30. Phillimac16

    If you know what it is, wouldn’t you just take it and burn it to prevent some poor ignorant person from falling victim?

  31. ScienceyWorkMan

    I did my Masters of Science degree on Prion diseases and would never touch this stuff.

    It has not been reported to be spread to humans, sure. But in the cases of Bovine -> Human transfer the incubation period could be up to 20, sometimes 30 years. It is not easy to prove a transmission.

    It has also been transferred from Deer/Elk -> Macaque monkeys. I did hear from colleagues that the scientists had to feed the monkeys insane amounts of infected meat.

    One really interesting thing about CWD is that it is spread a bit differently than other prion diseases. For Mad Cow the prions are mostly limited to the central nervous system, so you’d likely need to eat meat that is contaminated with brain matter or cerebrospinal fluids. This is heavily prevented through good butchering practices and good feeding practices for cattle. AKA don’t feed dead cows to cows and don’t touch their brains or spines and you’re likely okay.

    In Chronic Wasting Disease of deer, deer shed infectious prions through their urine, saliva, and feces. So an infected deer pisses on some leaves, a normal deer comes along and eats it, and bam you have CWD transmission to deer without any exposure to brain matter.

    There is also the fear that if deer get into a wheat field and urinate, then humans come along and process it to flour, breads, etc, that may be a source of transmission.

    Interesting stuff and absolutely fucking terrifying way to die.

  32. ExcellentWolf

    Just burger? They keeping the steaks?

  33. Hellstorm901

    “This isn’t safe for me to eat because it’s infected with something but should be safe for you to eat”

    Yeah because that’s how that works

  34. Lazy-Recognition3845

    Is this how the zombie apocalypse starts?

    ![gif](giphy|3o7WTqo27pLRYxRtg4)

  35. qawsedrf12

    if a wolf or coyote eats it, what could be the harm to us as top level predators?

    /s

  36. econhistoryrules

    Finally, some truly stupid food in this sub.

  37. Muted_Masterpiece535

    Just throw the shit away. I don’t get the stupidity to even offer this for free after it tested positive for that. Hello, mad cow disease anyone? 

  38. Existing-Fish-583

    They wanted to throw it away but the’re chronical non-wasters

  39. ledbedder20

    Is this how the next pandemic starts?