Does anyone care?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Lunaephiliac

Sorry for being uninformed, but what happens if you do accidentally eat diseased beef? What are the symptoms, and what is the disease called?

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/c...d.htm#24103058

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by glatt

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/c...d.htm#24103058

From that link;

Other TSEs are found in specific kinds of animals. These include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which is found in cows and is often referred to as “mad cow” disease; scrapie, which affects sheep and goats; mink encephalopathy; and feline encephalopathy. Similar diseases have occurred in elk, deer, and exotic zoo animals.

The appearance of the new variant of CJD (nv-CJD or v-CJD) in several younger than average people in Great Britain and France has led to concern that BSE may be transmitted to humans through consumption of contaminated beef. Although laboratory tests have shown a strong similarity between the prions causing BSE and v-CJD, there is no direct proof to support this theory.

[Carbonated_Brains]

Which is why everybody should chill the fuck out.