Airborne Prions Prove Lethal In Mouse Studies 116
sgunhouse writes "Wired has a story up on the lethality of airborne prions. It should be noted that prions (which cause 'mad cow disease' and similar disorders) are not normally airborne, and take a long time to kill the infected animal, but so far are 100% lethal if something else doesn't kill the animal first. So, they are not likely to be useful as a biological weapon (my first thought when reading their headline), but they present another safety precaution to consider."
In other words (Score:5, Funny)
pause, and think a moment before you run that cow through the wood chipper.
If something else doesn't kill first? (Score:5, Funny)
Birth is 100% lethal.
Well 99.9999% if you count that Jesus guy, Mary and Elisha.
Thanks for the laugh (Score:2, Funny)
"100% lethal if something else doesn't kill the animal first."
In other news, 100% of people are struck by lightning if they don't die before it happens.
Re:In other words (Score:5, Funny)
I have paused to think. And now I can't get this question out of my head: How many cows would a woodchuck chip if a woodchuck would chip cows?
It has an LD50 of 0 (Score:2, Funny)
There. I told a different joke. A nerdier one. There ought to be a +1 Nerdy mod for that sort of thing here.
Re:In other words (Score:5, Funny)
Re:100% lethal (Score:3, Funny)
You just described Jerry Springer