For 55 years, the deer world has been told chronic wasting disease comes from a misfolded protein, the prion. Dr. Laura Manuelidis, a Yale neuropathologist with over five decades in this research, isn’t so sure. Her data points to a slow, latent virus the field has been ignoring since the 1970s. Jason sits down with her to walk through the evidence, and shares what pushed him to finally book this conversation: 39 minutes of graphs with no citations at a Pennsylvania CWD meeting, and no open Q&A.

Good hunting,

Jason

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