Common Brain Parasite Infecting Up To 30 Percent Of Americans Disrupts Neuron Communication

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That would explain the current state of the USA
- The microscopic parasite, which infects nearly one-third of the world’s population, interferes with communication between brain cells.
  And the rest of the world, too.
  
  Holy shit we should have let them chug the Ivermectin.
  
  That would explain the current state of the rest of the world.
I hadn’t „30% Americans are infected by a brain altering parasite“ on my bingo card.
- sadly the answer ain't that easy. A lot of people have this worldwide, numbers in the past have probably been even higher. US stupidity is a lot more complex
  
  They're in the Lead
- I had it, thanks to this series from 2016: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4877736/
- *world
  Ftfy
Toxoplasma gondii is common parasite that could be infecting up to a third of the human population. Most infected people don't even know they have it, but now researchers have potentially devised a way to detect it in human blood.
This is….horrifying.
And yet, it tracks.
This is the one you can get from cats right? So someone who owns a cat has a high chance of having it.
- My cat says "Mind your own business. There are no 'brain parasites'".
  
  I trust your cat, seems he knows what he's talking about.
- I'm not a doctor. But here are some relevant sites:
  https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/toxoplasmosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20356249
  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/9756-toxoplasmosis
A brain parasite? Hey, here is a prime opportunity for RFK Jr to put his hate for vaccines and his love for ivermectin to the test.
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