French moratorium on prion studies after two cases of fatal brain disease (2021)
I had researched on prions and the Kuru disease for a class while looking at the impacts of animal testing (the Kuru disease is a prion found in New Guinea and is considered to be the first prion disease). Prions are scarily dangerous - near-fatal if exposed to it, and stable at much higher temperatures that regular non-misfolded proteins.<p>However, your chances of getting prions is very low. As long as you avoid "exotic" meat like monkey brains and stay in countries with strong regulatory bodies (like the US/EU etc) the risk of exposure is  extremely limited. Bonus points if you avoid swimming in random bodies of water to not get contaminated water with brain-eating amoeba traveling up your nose.