The Importance of Preventing Human Exposure to CWD

CWD occurs in free-range deer and elk at relatively low rates. In areas where the infection is heavily entrenched, localized infection rates could be higher than 25 percent. If a disease like that reached pandemic level virulence, it could make coronavirus look like the sniffles. Thanks to the relative seclusion of the environment, it's likely CWD will simply burn its way through the wildlife population.