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Re:Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerf... by LorenPechtel on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @03:45PM (#32667339)
Exposure is uncommon, not basically never.
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Re:Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerf... by derefr on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @09:46PM (#32670830)
Depends on where you live.

For the average human on Earth: sure, merely uncommon.

For the average person who lives in a city and rarely goes out into nature, and paranoid-ly avoids doing things like walking barefoot in dung or wearing shortsleeves in forests when they do: effectively never.

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Re:Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerf... by LorenPechtel on Thursday September 01, 2022 @07:51PM (#32684897)
If you live within the malaria zone (and an awful lot of people do) being in a city isn't protection. And the main threat from short sleeves in the forest is things that want your blood, not parasite infection.
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Re:Rapamycin, drug used in cancer therapy, emerges as powerf... by giantg2 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @08:58PM (#32670435)
Exposure to toxoplasmosis is extremely common.
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