I don't know, but maybe it's hard to reliably test for this disease?
UPD Kind of looks like that (the section is badly edited though):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_wasting_disease#Diagnosis
Or maybe someone doesn't want us to eat venison. When the people are hungry and can find no food, they probably would like them to eat their lab-meat.... or eat their bugs.
drooling, lethargic, emaciated, stumbling and with a telltale “blank stare”...
Oh whew, if they were fat we'd have a problem.
In-the-clouds |4 pointswritten 5 months ago ago
https://archive.ph/EiD4p
The title claims it is an epidemic, but goes on to say one case has been found. How could this be an epidemic with only one case?