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Re:Infectious Theory of Alzheimer's Disease Draws Fresh Inte... by foobarian on Sunday September 09, 2018 @12:19PM (#17946558)
Worst case: they are getting it, but not finding out until they themselves reach old age.
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Re:Infectious Theory of Alzheimer's Disease Draws Fresh Inte... by jjeaff on Sunday September 09, 2018 @12:54PM (#17946703)
I think even that would be noticed by now. If almost every person that worked in a nursing home 30 years ago are getting Alzheimer's.
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Re:Infectious Theory of Alzheimer's Disease Draws Fresh Inte... by sandworm101 on Sunday September 09, 2018 @02:35PM (#17947133)
But why assume that people who work in nursing homes will be more exposed? Work is only part of the day. A great many more people live with elderly/dementia patients in their homes. We are all in contact with such people daily. If there were a germ that we could 'catch', I wouldn't assume that people in nursing homes were a special population. We may all have it.
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