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[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That would explain the current state of the USA

[–] xep@fedia.io 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Holy shit we should have let them chug the Ivermectin.

[–] benni@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That would explain the current state of the rest of the world.

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.org 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I hadn’t „30% Americans are infected by a brain altering parasite“ on my bingo card.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Numenor@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

subtle. Nice.

[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

I had it, thanks to this series from 2016: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4877736/

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

*world

Ftfy

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

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. 

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month ago

This is….horrifying.

And yet, it tracks.

[–] scytale@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is the one you can get from cats right? So someone who owns a cat has a high chance of having it.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My cat says "Mind your own business. There are no 'brain parasites'".

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I trust your cat, seems he knows what he's talking about.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Rfk Jr approves this post