buckbuster,

The article you refer to was a biggest piece of speculation and garbage you will see in quite some time.
It was a reach in an attempt by the MJS to TRY to tie the NATURAL occurance of CJD to people who happened to eat together at a game feed over 10 years ago.
What was not reported was that no venison eaten at that feed was taken from an area known to be infected with CWD. What was also not reported was that one of those who died, died from Pick's Disease which is closer to Alzheimer's than anything else. This diagnosis was recently confirmed through more testing of the autopsy sample.(which was likely conveniently not reported by your local paper?)
The other two did die from CJD 6 years apart and were in the prime age to get the disease. this falls right in with the 1 in a million natural occurance of the disease.
That they were mutual acquaintances was nothing more than an unfortunate circumstance.
This was all in a memo from a Public Health Official in Southern Wisconsin who was asked to check into it by elected officials.
In the over 35 years that CWD has been identified there has never been a case confirmed of someone dying from eating venison infected with CWD.
The disease(prion)has never been found in the muscle in at least two laboratory studies.

Tim


Edited by - Tim-WI hunter on 10/27/2002 22:04:03