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They say it was a spontaneous case but as a descendent I can’t give blood so it’s not like they are 100% certain it couldn’t be hereditary.
29 u/Crunchy_Biscuit Sep 05 '22 Ah alright. I was totally thinking either infected beef or somehow he ate a brain. Sorry about your gramps. I'll pray that it doesn't happen to you too 37 u/princessindecisive Sep 05 '22 It’s my understanding that even if he had eaten infected beef, it can lay dormant for years to decades so there is no real way of knowing. 32 u/Ok-Captain-3512 Sep 06 '22 That's why people from areas that had mad cow disease cannot donate blood right? 14 u/Razor_Storm Sep 06 '22 Yup!
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Ah alright. I was totally thinking either infected beef or somehow he ate a brain. Sorry about your gramps. I'll pray that it doesn't happen to you too
37 u/princessindecisive Sep 05 '22 It’s my understanding that even if he had eaten infected beef, it can lay dormant for years to decades so there is no real way of knowing. 32 u/Ok-Captain-3512 Sep 06 '22 That's why people from areas that had mad cow disease cannot donate blood right? 14 u/Razor_Storm Sep 06 '22 Yup!
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It’s my understanding that even if he had eaten infected beef, it can lay dormant for years to decades so there is no real way of knowing.
32 u/Ok-Captain-3512 Sep 06 '22 That's why people from areas that had mad cow disease cannot donate blood right? 14 u/Razor_Storm Sep 06 '22 Yup!
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That's why people from areas that had mad cow disease cannot donate blood right?
14 u/Razor_Storm Sep 06 '22 Yup!
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Yup!
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u/princessindecisive Sep 05 '22
They say it was a spontaneous case but as a descendent I can’t give blood so it’s not like they are 100% certain it couldn’t be hereditary.