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“The most prevalent contagious form of prion disease is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, aka Mad Cow Disease. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is another common form of prion disease, which affects mostly deer. Prion disease can also be ‘sporadic,’ meaning that the cause is not genetic or contagious but ultimately unknown. The most common form of prion disease, CJD, is mostly sporadic and affects an elderly population.

Prion disease can lie dormant in the body for years. But once it is ‘activated,’ the average prognosis is about one year.

—Rosiepuff

The white spots in the image above are the aforementioned “sponge brain” holes caused by prion disease.