Message from @Óðinn
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china lied about deaths and india doesn't have the recourses to count all of them properly so we probable did long ago
I pretty much got told by the highest admin that our school will keep on keepin' on until we are so impacted that we can't get substitute teachers lol
@Secret Squirrel wait what amoebas?
Oh
thats Naegleria Fowleri
I studied that amoeba
Mortality rate is 95%
You can die in less than 72 hours from initial contraction
It directly attacks the brain and has a protective coating around itself so that your immune system cant fight it
The amoeba itself doesnt actually kill you
Its the swelling in your brain caused from your immune response
Shits fucked
And people who have actually survived are fucked up as well
Pretty much once you start to experience symptoms is when its too late
So it's an infectious TBI basically?
Essentially
Its really fucked how it works
It eats the lining around your brain
Brain swelling is the most painful thing I experienced. The only thing that compared in pain was when I tore so much tissue in my ankle that when it was propped up my foot slowly fell out of align with my leg.
its a short video but explains everything
i studied it for my Bio 101 class and this is what I wanna for a career is study parasites and shit like this
There's two parts that are both very lethal on their own. The cells being actively killed by the virus, then the immune response to kill the virus and remove dead cells.
Hence causing the swelling
The swelling can be predicted quite well from symptoms because the pressure in the skull pushes the brain stem down the spinal cord and as parts are damaged different systems start to fail.
Is it mainly a danger if it somehow enters the sinuses (e.g. nasally aspirated lake water)?
Its only dangerous if it enters through your nasal passage
Its harmless if swallowed
so don't swim in stagnant, hot, nasty-ass lake water and it's a non issue
Basically lol
thats why i dont swim in lakes
Especially down south
Been swimming in lakes and rivers muh whole life and I've never had any crazy prions fucking me up
I'm probably legally retarded but that's besides the point <:atlast:758774926869004348>
I mean its very rare to get
Not many people get it
Wearing nose plugs when you swim in lakes is preferred
Wouldn’t be surprised if it was a COVID-19 type dynamic, with it being a problem primarily for people with compromised immune systems.
Yea I went hiking last summer and did a lot of research on it bc I did not want to die like that.
I wasnt going anywhere that would be high risk but I wanted to be as informed as possible just in case.