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Texas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growing (arstechnica.com)

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[–] irreticent@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn't know what it meant and had to look it up, and for anyone else wondering:

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is an incurable and invariably fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms include abnormal behavior, trouble walking, and weight loss. Later in the course of the disease, the cow becomes unable to function normally.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Correct. And it can transfer to humans, where it is then known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob, with the same results. One of those medical topics that make me really shudder when thinking about it.