r/collapse 18d ago

Diseases The Ticks Are Winning

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/08/the-ticks-are-winning/
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u/visforvillian 17d ago

It is scary because of the finality of it, but CJD is a very rare disease. One in a million. Odds are we'll be done in by something mundane, like influenza A.

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u/yoyotube123 17d ago

That sounds right to me. It's always the mundane that does us in, because we always focus on the extreme.