!!!! Discovery of the "stupid" virus! Yes it's REAL! UPDATED 13 NOV.

http://www.naturalnews.com/047605_stupid_virus_cognitive_function_gene_expression.html

Real science: Almost half the population may be infected with a mysterious virus that makes people stupid
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger

(NaturalNews) Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medical School have identified a mysterious virus that literally makes people stupid, and it has so far been found in about 45% of the people tested.

The discovery of the "stupid" virus, normally found in algae, was revealed at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study, entitled "Chlorovirus ATCV-1 is part of the human oropharyngeal virome and is associated with changes in cognitive functions in humans and mice" is found at this link on the PNAS.org website.

The rather shocking take away from the study is that the virus alters the gene expression of brain cells, literally making people perform more poorly on cognitive tests, visual processing and spatial awareness.

So far, 90 people have been tested for the presence of the virus, and 40 tested positive, according to The Independent. [2] "Those who tested positive performed worse on tests designed to measure the speed and accuracy of visual processing. They also achieved lower scores in tasks designed to measure attention," reports the paper.

According to the study abstract, the virus alters gene expression relating to "...synaptic plasticity, learning, memory formation, and the immune response to viral exposure."

This virus, in other words, can truly suppress your brain function, memories and immune response. And it is apparently quite common in humans.

Stupid virus commentary

Fascinatingly, this discovery makes tremendous sense. Have you ever looked at the world around you and wondered why so many people seem intellectually challenged? Now we know that a virus really can alter the function and expression of your brain cells.

At last, there is a scientific explanation that backs up our observations of other people. Half the population may indeed be infected with the "stupid" virus, altering their cognition, memories and awareness. And if this virus alone isn't enough to get the job done, there's always fluoride in the water, brain-damaging mercury in the flu shots, and reality TV shows that are so dumbed down they actually suck your brain cells into the plasma screen vortex.

This virus, in fact, may be crucial to powering the U.S. economy because people infected with it create economic activity by spending money on lottery tickets, cell phone insurance and synthetic children's vitamins laced with aspartame. Without the aid of this virus, much of the economy would grind to a halt and sales of popular sports drinks would collapse to almost nothing.

The next time someone accuses you of doing something stupid, just reply with, "Hey, I got infected with the stupid virus. But what's YOUR excuse?"

Sources for this article include:
[1] http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/10/23...

[2] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vi...

Hey, if this "stupid virus" is for real then 95% or more of the people I meet are mortally infected. Since I'm in California the infection rate here is higher than the rest of the country and at 95% I'm trying to be generous. It's probably more like 99%, truth be told.

sounds pretty stupid to me.
just how stupid can it get?
things are getting pretty stupid!
how stupid is that guy?
is he that stupid?
stupid enough!

i don't know for sure but the percentage of stupid people sounds about right with those that are not with it these days.

ain't that the most stupid thing ya ever heard?

Ok, who's been serving up the pond water?  And here all this time we thought it was the flouride!  Crazy us.
I just spent a week with my Mom and have determined Alzheimers is 'catching' too, so  Beware!
(Who's on first?  Right. That's what I thought..What?    Nooo, not again) 

I just realized, all my life I've strived for sanity.  What a strange goal.  And here I am still on the very far side of and half way across the River from humanity.  With you guys, I might add.   But it's all good.  Apparently algae's highly overrated out there, right along with 'normalcy'.

UPDATE:READ

http://www.activistpost.com/2014/11/ohio-chief-offers-dumbest-response-to.html#more

Wednesday, November 12, 2014
3 Things You Should Know About the "Stupid Virus"
Is that food??!! (2651582780)Heather Callaghan
Activist Post

Recently, disease researchers yet again have discovered an emerging virus.

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medical School and the University of Nebraska stumbled on to chlorovirus ATCV-1, a DNA virus which comes from algae, while doing an unrelated test on throat microbes. Forty-three percent of patients tested had it in their throats. Among other things, it is found to lead to cognitive problems. You can read some mainstream articles here, here, here and here.

I think the headlines should have read a lot differently. This discovery could have big implications for people for a few reasons. Yet, where is the media panic now? No...now it's been made cute and funny by dubbing it the "stupid virus."

Before we get carried away with giddy headlines pointing out how so many people must have "caught stupid" - let's get a couple of things straight.

1. This is not a "stupid virus," per se - The "stupid virus" title is meant to be a humorous, eye catching marketing hook for bored journalists. It's actually an unwittingly cruel joke. In the original study, the researchers refer to cognitive decline and memory problems due to the virus. The researchers who had swabbed healthy people wrote that they found a "modest but statistically significant decrease in the performance on cognitive assessments of visual processing and visual motor speed." As well as changes of gene expression in the hippocampus, memory formation and immune response. They also said it affects behavior.

However, do you know how many things lead to cognitive issues? Do we call Alzheimer's "Stupid Dementia"? Do we say an epileptic is acting "dumb again" when they go into seizures, thought to stem from the hippocampus? No. But if cognitive decline equates to stupidity then I vote to call BPA a "stupidity chemical"; fluoridated water is "stupid juice"; heavy metal toxicity in food, air and water are "stupidizers"; pesticides could be "smartcides." Because all of those things directly affect the brain. But cognitive problems are not indicative of stupidity, so it's a cruel misnomer to detract and minimize them by calling a damaging virus a stupid maker.

2. It could have been called the ADHD virus. If this virus can mimic symptoms that are often left to the mental health field, then shouldn't people with Alzheimer's and ADHD be properly tested to make sure a virus isn't actually causing their symptoms? Or even epilepsy, schizophrenia and PTSD. The fact that it affects the hippocampus is a concern. Forget stupid, do you want to have early onset Alzheimer's and not be able to create new memories? And it would be cruel to call someone with that serious brain issue "stupid."

The more I read up on this, the more it sounds like the exact picture of the group of symptoms commonly called ADHD.

From the Daily Mail:
Tests showed the virus had broken through the barrier between blood and tissue, altering the activity of genes in the brains of the mice.
The genes affected including those producing dopamine - a vital hormone which influences memory, spatial awareness, emotion and pleasure. (emphasis added)
ADHD with a forecast of Alzheimer's.

3. Another more accurate headline would actually be freaking out about yet another kingdom-jumping disease. This time involving plants-to-humans. That really isn't normal. The people who tell me this are parroting the articles that are sensitizing people to get used to it. Historically speaking, I don't see the rampant cases of kingdom or even species jumps that have exploded in the last 50-100 years. Let's be clear: this virus comes from algae and hadn't been observed in healthy humans before. When it was, they didn't think it was harmful. But they conclude: "Our study indicates that viruses in the environment not thought to infect humans can have biological effects."

It seems like I read about these "isolated incidents" once a week now. Furthermore, researchers say they don't KNOW how the jump happens - or if it's contagious or if we make good hosts. That's a problem and deserves more than a stupid, passing headline.

The human body houses many viruses, no less, DNA viruses. I just wanted to point that out to alleviate potential panic. This isn't necessarily "bad" it just is what it is for now, although I would love to see how people could live if they did not have the bulk of them. Most people have had Chicken Pox (varicella zoster) and it stays latent. Later, one could have Shingles (herpes zoster) during a time of immune suppression or stress. Herpes simplex virus type 1 (cold sores of the mouth) are present in 80-90% of people and appear during times of stress. The above also happen to be DNA viruses. This list goes on and on...

But how many of these latent and emerging viruses can one person handle? Especially those that affect the brain? And what happens when the immune system is compromised and the viruses come roaring out like a sleeping dragon? That creates a mega load on the body and constant stress of the immune system.

Can I recommend one source for helping the body slough off some of those problems and prevent more? It's Herbal Antivirals:Natural Remedies for Emerging & Resistant Viral Infections by Stephen Buhner. He says, when it comes to emerging disease, that garlic and colloidal silver from the healthfood store just aren't going to cut it. Not when it comes to mystery illnesses or mutated disease. He himself reversed chronic Lyme (bacteria) and helps others do the same. If he could overcome a questionable animal-to-human disease that only emerged in the late 1970s, I would act on his herbal sensibilities to help the immune system fight off more.

Heather Callaghan is a natural health blogger and food freedom activist. You can see her work at NaturalBlaze.com and ActivistPost.com. Like at Facebook.

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