1y ago

Family members infected with brain worms after eating undercooked bear meat

www.cbsnews.com

A number of family members who shared a meal of bear meat that one of the family members had harvested earlier were subsequently infected with brain worms, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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1y ago

Family members infected with brain worms after eating undercooked bear meat

www.cbsnews.com /minnesota/news/brain-worms-bear-meat-south-dakota-family-gathering-minnesota-arizona/

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This explains some things about Joe Rogan.
- Possibly RFK Jr. too.
RFK Jr's base everybody
- My first thought was "So that's where RFK Jr got it from"
  
  Huh, I just assumed it was from rolling in feces
Brain worms, so hot right now.
165 degrees F
Tribal code Flaffenfeit is only used by primitive civilizations. I wonder what it means? Maybe it's for easy conversion to ounces?
73.89° C
- That not undercooking, that barely thawing
  
  165F is well done for most meat
  They served the meat extra rare on accident and had to re-cook and re-serve the meat but probably still too underdone.
  
  According to our thermometer 70° C is considered done/normal for most red meat roasts.
  to kill trichinella parasites is to adequately cook the meat it resides in, to an internal temperature of at least 165 degrees F,
  165 degrees F being 74° C which is pretty high tolerance . Our water only needs to be heated to 60° C to avoid legionella that dies at around 54° C, and basically avoid everything else too.
  
  You're confusing "cooking temp" with "internal temp".
Illithid parasite
Not really news though... there's a warning about this on literally every restaurant menu where beef is served.
- No there's not, nowhere does a menu warn you of brain worms. “Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.”. Any restaurant is required to obtain food from acceptable sources as well, which doesn't include your uncle's bear harvesting adventures. That's the U.S. anyway, which I'm guessing you meant by "literally every menu.". The warning also doesn't have to be posted if everything is served "well done." So it doesn't even apply to every U.S. menu.
  If brain worms aren't news and are common where you are, maybe you should get checked. Downplaying brain worms seems like something someone with brain worms would do.
  
  I did a quick Google search for "foodborne illness" it brought up this page from the national library of medicine.
  This chapter presents information pertinent to foodborne pathogens (bacteria and bacterial toxins, viruses, parasites) and other biological issues (prions)
  The word you're looking for is "parasites".

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