Posted by Meri-Tuuli on September 11, 2006, at 6:17:56
In reply to Mind Control by parasites, posted by river1924 on September 11, 2006, at 0:15:41
Hey folks.
Well I kinda read up about this a few weeks ago, I had a massive panic.....
Basically the parasite is, well, sort of harmless. I read that it increases dopamine in the pre-fontal cortex, now something that I'd actually rather like...I have even thought of getting the parasite myself...´but then I donät fancyhaving a parasite in my brain for the rest of my life..
About 40% of Americans and British people are affected by it, and that percentage rises drasicatlly in certain European countries, eg France, Germany to 90% WTF! 90% of germans have parasites!!
Anyway cats aren't really a source of the parasite- to actually get the parasite you need to have eaten cat poo- and even then, there's onlya window of about 14 days when the larve are active and can be passed onto humans. And even then for 24 hours after the poo has left the cat's butt, its still safe. After that, however, the larve stays in the poo for a year or two, so if youäre gardening in a cat poo infested area, its probably best to wear gloves.
BUT, the main route of infection in humans is through undercooked (rare,, etc) meat such as lamb, pork- whcih is probably why countries like France have such high rates- youäre far more likely to get the parasite through infected meat than you are from cats-
Anyway. Yeah, apparently rats who are carriers of the parasite (intermediaries) become less fearful of cats, and exhibit more social preferences and things. Its interesting.
Yeah, I mean Icould do with a rise in dopamine - getting myself infected with the parasite might be the way to go!!
I wonder if depressives (as a group) have lower rates of infectin with the parasite, than compared to the normal population??Anyway, sorry about the garbled nature, Im havnin got right this standing up at a public computer terminal.....
Kind regards
Meri
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