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A comment on French moratorium on prion studies after two cases of fatal brain disease (2021). Parent comment
The viruses we see are common because they reproduce, it's not that they reproduce because they have some drive to become common.
Thus prions are less common because they aren't as successful in spreading (for some reason(s) I don't know either).
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The viruses we see are common because they reproduce, it's not that they reproduce because they have some drive to become common.
Thus prions are less common because they aren't as successful in spreading (for some reason(s) I don't know either).