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Title: viral infection that makes nearly HALF of us more stupid
Post by: thundley4 on November 09, 2014, 02:05:29 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2827518/Found-viral-infection-makes-nearly-HALF-stupid-lasts-YEARS.html

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Found: The viral infection that makes nearly HALF of us more stupid (and it lasts for YEARS)

The virus - called chlorovirus ATCV-1 - was only known to appear in algae
Researchers in U.S. have not established how it comes to infect humans
It hasn't infected just swimmers, which rules out direct link to algae itself
Instead humans could've been carrying virus but was not known to doctors
Research suggests it alters genes in brain including memory and emotion
Scientists found 44 per cent of patients tested had virus in their throats


Those who were carrying the infection performed worse in intelligence tests, even when education and age were taken into account.
The virus - called chlorovirus ATCV-1 - was previously only known to appear in green algae in freshwater lakes.
The researchers, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the University of Nebraska, have not established how the virus comes to infect humans.


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Liberalism is a disease, and this may be the vector for it. Now if only they can find a cure.
Title: Re: viral infection that makes nearly HALF of us more stupid
Post by: freedumb2003b on November 09, 2014, 02:09:49 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2827518/Found-viral-infection-makes-nearly-HALF-stupid-lasts-YEARS.html

Liberalism is a disease, and this may be the vector for it. Now if only they can find a cure.

The cure:

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Title: Re: viral infection that makes nearly HALF of us more stupid
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 09, 2014, 10:54:02 PM
Plot by bunnies to doom humans.