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Viral Stupidity

by HeySal
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Ever wondered why so many people seem so stupid?

They might have this virus:

Chlorovirus ATCV-1 is part of the human oropharyngeal virome and is associated with changes in cognitive functions in humans and mice

It depletes cognitive function - and 40% of those who were tested had it.
  • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
    I saw the title and thought this was going to be about cat videos or political memes on Facebook.

    Too much "social" time lately, I think...


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  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    Terrific. Now I have an excuse .
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    • Profile picture of the author Cali16
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      Terrific. Now I have an excuse .
      Lol, I was just about to say, "Now people will use this as an excuse for their stupidity"! (I wasn't, however, going to mention you specifically, Whateverpedia... )
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by Cali16 View Post

        Lol, I was just about to say, "Now people will use this as an excuse for their stupidity"! (I wasn't, however, going to mention you specifically, Whateverpedia... )
        BUT............What if.................
        They find out what the "cure" is, and you get the virus - get the cure, and find you're STILL STUPID? OH NO!
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        • Profile picture of the author seasoned
          Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

          BUT............What if.................
          They find out what the "cure" is, and you get the virus - get the cure, and find you're STILL STUPID? OH NO!
          It IS funny. They are speaking more and more about how animal viruses can spread to plants and plant viruses can spread to animals. UNREAL! For example, one of the "mystery vaccines" now ties ebola virus DNA to TOBACCO virus DNA, infects a tobacco plant, and uses the infected plant, which supposedly creates antibodies that humans react to, to give them more immunity to ebola.

          If they COULD fight the chlorella virus, and have an improvement of even maybe 10%, they could make a lot of money.

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  • Profile picture of the author George Wright
    What's stupidity?
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  • Profile picture of the author blueclcl
    These articles are quite hard for me to read.

    Now I know why.

    I have Chlorovirus.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

    Ever wondered why so many people seem so stupid?

    They might have this virus:

    Chlorovirus ATCV-1 is part of the human oropharyngeal virome and is associated with changes in cognitive functions in humans and mice

    It depletes cognitive function - and 40% of those who were tested had it.
    WOW!

    In the article, it says "The presence of ATCV-1 was associated with a modest but measurable decrease in cognitive functioning. ". But it DOES say that this affects the hippocampus, which means it is more likely to affect complex reasoning, and acquisition of knowledge. So logically, for IQ, it would affect some things like sequences where you have to figure out how it is derived, and patterns, and spatial reasoning, but other scores will probably be affected more as the time of infection is earlier.

    To make things WORSE, this is a virus from "chlorella"!!!!!!!! A few decades ago, at least, that was considered a superfood! They sold it in stores, and apparently still do! chlorella: Uses, Side Effects, Interactions and Warnings - WebMD

    And YEAH, this isn't the virus, but it IS a possible vector! I've been looking again at nootropics and related things, and this is ANOTHER thing to consider! THANKS!

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author KenThompson
    One mustn't worry about these things.


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