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<blockquote data-quote="duckduck84" data-source="post: 4711953" data-attributes="member: 15791"><p>Here's how I view it:</p><p></p><p>Proof (as defined by dictionary.com)- evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.</p><p></p><p>"Limited investigations have not identified strong evidence for CWD transmission", therefore there is no proof that it is a danger to humans. It boils down simply to a fact of what we can prove, what we know currently, and what we feel. At this point the idea that CWD can transmit to humans is a hypothesis based solely on BSE transmissions and a lab study where they force fed rodents CWD infected meat, especially parts of the body that have the highest concentrations. That is not evidence based, factual proof.</p><p></p><p>All that being said, I am not an expert on CWD either. However, I do have quite a bit of knowledge around biological agents, transmission effectiveness, contagiousness, and their health effects to know how the CDC reacts to things. The CDC recommendation to not eat the meat is a CYA measure and I don't fault them for that. However, bear in mind the CDC is the same agency who could not tell me how to properly outfit my nursing and physician staff for months during the 2014 Ebola crisis, something I felt that should have had a grasp on. Just my take on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="duckduck84, post: 4711953, member: 15791"] Here's how I view it: Proof (as defined by dictionary.com)- evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth. "Limited investigations have not identified strong evidence for CWD transmission", therefore there is no proof that it is a danger to humans. It boils down simply to a fact of what we can prove, what we know currently, and what we feel. At this point the idea that CWD can transmit to humans is a hypothesis based solely on BSE transmissions and a lab study where they force fed rodents CWD infected meat, especially parts of the body that have the highest concentrations. That is not evidence based, factual proof. All that being said, I am not an expert on CWD either. However, I do have quite a bit of knowledge around biological agents, transmission effectiveness, contagiousness, and their health effects to know how the CDC reacts to things. The CDC recommendation to not eat the meat is a CYA measure and I don't fault them for that. However, bear in mind the CDC is the same agency who could not tell me how to properly outfit my nursing and physician staff for months during the 2014 Ebola crisis, something I felt that should have had a grasp on. Just my take on it. [/QUOTE]
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