Re: OT: Chronic Wasting Disease in WI deer

Donna wrote:
 There was another one ...must have been in the Chgo area
> paper... today. Claims three people have died from brain disease
> problems. All ate at the same wild gathering-- or something to that
> effect... 

This article was in our local paper last weekend.  Over 100
people over a period of about 10 years were invited to wild
game feasts put on by the same few men.  Two died of
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (very similar to what mad cow
disease does to cows, only in people) and one died diagnosed
with another neurological disorder.  The odds of this
happening in a general population of the 100 men who ate
these feast is astronomical.  

The feasts also included elk and deer from Western states as
well where Chronic Wasting Disease has been known for years.

The articles are here:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/State/jul02/60546.asp 
http://www.jsonline.com/news/State/jul02/60531.asp
http://www.jsonline.com/news/State/jul02/60534.asp

Scary stuff.

Pat Mitchell
corgilover@wi.rr.com
Zone 5 - SE WI, too hot and dry

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