{"id":31166,"date":"2023-12-26T03:06:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T08:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=31166"},"modified":"2023-12-26T03:06:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T08:06:44","slug":"zombie-deer-disease-epidemic-spreads-in-yellowstone-as-scientists-raise-fears-it-may-jump-to-humans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=31166","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Zombie deer disease\u2019 epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d44368d8e55896b10a37e85c63b8bf3dc3bde381\/0_0_4498_2699\/master\/4498.jpg?width=1125&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" width=\"253\" height=\"152\" \/>Warnings that \u2018slow-moving disaster\u2019 in North America raises chances of fatal mad cow-type disease jumping species barrier<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/dec\/22\/zombie-deer-disease-yellowstone-scientists-fears-fatal-chronic-wasting-disease-cwd-jump-species-barrier-humans-aoe\">\u2018Zombie deer disease\u2019 epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>this sounds scary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Once an environment is infected, the pathogen is extremely hard to eradicate. It can persist for years in dirt or on surfaces, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mwf.mb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CWD-Comprehensive-Analysis-LR-SP.pdf\">scientists report it is resistant<\/a>\u00a0to disinfectants, formaldehyde, radiation and incineration at 600C (1,100F).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warnings that \u2018slow-moving disaster\u2019 in North America raises chances of fatal mad&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[942,740,554,1886],"class_list":["post-31166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-deer","tag-pandemic","tag-prions","tag-uhoh","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31168,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31166\/revisions\/31168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}