Toxic Thought
Mind-Control Microbe
A parasitic infection can give you schizophrenia, make you have a car crash, or determine the sex of your child.
Five years ago, Oxford University zoologists showed that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii alters the brain chemistry of rats so that they are more likely to seek out cats. Infection thus makes a rat more likely to be killed and the parasite more likely to end up in a cat—the only host in which it can complete the reproductive step of its life cycle. The parasite also lives in the brain cells of thousands of species, including about 60 million supposedly symptom-free Americans. Studies over the past few years have suggested that toxoplasmosis infections in humans, too, may cause behavioral changes—from subtle shifts to outright schizophrenia. Two studies this year add even weirder twists.
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U.S. Geological Survey biologist Kevin Lafferty has linked high rates of toxoplasmosis infection in 39 countries with elevated incidences of neuroticism, suggesting the mind-altering organism may be affecting the cultures of nations.
~Ib
4 Comments:
Thanks for the info Indi. Very timely also as we have recently added two more kitty cats to our family. One of my daughters is experiencing EVERY symptom of toxo as well as the vague symptoms listed.
I like this Discover Magazine. I happened to catch this headline over there and am ready to "hurt someone" so to speak:
Cancellation of Controversial Autism Study...
I have been following the possible autism/vaccination link for some time now. A good friend of mine has a child with autism.
Sorry to hear about those symptoms. This is gnarly pathology.
Don't get me started on autism. I saw a commercial yesterday cite the statistic that 1 in 150 babies will be autistic. Not long ago, it was 1 in 1,500. Not long before that, it was 1 in 15,000.
The last couple of decades has been poisonous holocaust in this regard. We are clearly under some sort of spell to let this go on. We are just beginning to understand how badly we've been taken advantage of. This is just the tip of the iceberg, a single facet.
Must be what mid-air lemmings feel, as they glimpse the cliff over their shoulder.
I know how you feel about "not getting started" on the subject of autism. My friend doesn't even like to discuss the possible vaccination link - I can understand I guess, but her child was completely normal until age 3 when she received her last MMR shot.
This is such a heartbreaker. Sign of the times, though. Commerce is king, these days.
I remember the British doctor who took this on in the beginning, he was stalwart amidst the smears he took from corporate hatchet men. I think his study involved the dpt vax, originally. I admire him, he sure took a punch in stride.
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