Two Questions

[dewline]

1. Dementia as an infection?

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211006-what-if-dormant-microbes-trigger-alzheimers?utm_source=DamnInteresting

2. Is anyone else having issues with Twitter right now?

Comments

[agoodwinsmith]

Thank you for the Future article.

It has been clear that researchers have been chasing only amyloid beta plaques to no good result for nearly 50 years now. This has had the effect of squelching other research. I am very angry about this. This is an interesting avenue because it fits my Dad's profile better than other scenarios.

[dewline]

And the Taiwanese study published in 2018...leaves me wondering how doomed are how many of us now?

Yes, we're all going to die of something someday. But for Reasons, I'd like to avert this one in particular for myself. And if this chain of theory is correct, then this is another part of why dental care has to be incorporated into proper, regular medicare. As in yesterday, dammit.

Further Noting...

[dewline]

...that I just shared the BBC News link with my MP and MPP. If the theory's wrong, then we need it settled quickly. If it's correct, then we also need it settled quickly, for different reasons.