Harris Hoke's Shortform 2024-08-03T18:11:18.934Z

Comment by Harris Hoke (harris-hoke) on Will the growing deer prion epidemic spread to humans? Why not? · 2023-12-30T16:39:29.937Z · LW · GW

This is a major point that the author does not address. The author assumes that CWD risk is low because BSE risk was low. But there is a huge difference between BSE and CWD that is mentioned in this very article: BSE is largely restricted to neural tissues, whereas CWD is in basically all tissues and bodily fluids. The BSE infectivity numbers would only apply to a disease that is restricted to tissues that are generally not consumed

Comment by Harris Hoke (harris-hoke) on Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID · 2021-11-01T18:28:05.718Z · LW · GW

Great analysis!