The five years is just due to cumulative risk. Someone decided to make that the cutoff.
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jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 2 years agoAh yeah, that sounds about right, the 5 years incubation time and so on. Thanks!
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Nighed@sffa.community 2 years ago
Mad cow disease can take decades to have an effect. If you are some infected meat and have the wrong genetics you could wind up with a sponge for a brain 30 years later.
Prions are terrifying.