In a scattershot pattern that now extends from coast to coast, continental US states have been announcing new hotspots of chronic wasting disease (CWD).

The contagious and always-fatal neurodegenerative disorder infects the cervid family that includes deer, elk, moose and, in higher latitudes, reindeer. There is no vaccine or treatment.

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    17 hours ago

    Zombie Deer Disease makes me a lot more concerned about it than Chronic Wasting Disease.

    Pretty much the only people that know about CWD around here are deer hunters because of license requirements.

    Zombie Deer Disease makes it a billion times scarier and easier to remember