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So according to WHO, 67% of people older than 50 have Herpes 1: https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/herpes-simplex-virus https://www.who.int/en/

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• vikramkr 6y ago
  They might not be old enough for it to matter yet, and we might see numbers approaching that 67% as people live longer. https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-causes-alzheimers-disease#risk https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-causes-alzheimers-diseas... "Older age does not cause Alzheimer’s, but it is the most important known risk factor for the disease. The number of people with Alzheimer’s disease doubles about every 5 years beyond age 65. About one-third of all people age 85 and older may have Alzheimer's disease." (emphasis mine) Perhaps if we beat cancer and cardiovascular diseases etc and see human lifespans reaching 100+ years old, we'll see close to 67% of people at that age get Alzheimer's.
• seesawtron 6y ago
  I don't think one should extrapolate this study on a lab-grown human-like tissue to mammals like rodents in the first place. Extrapolation to humans is even more bizzare.
• ranDOMscripts 6y ago
  Maybe it's like prostate cancer in that it changes so slowly that often something else kills you long before the prostate cancer has a chance to? [0] [0]https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/understanding-prostate-changes#prostate-cancer https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/understanding-prostate...
• vmception 6y ago
  The article covers this question, they think it is just a factor. A funnel towards Alzheimer's that a lot of people still end up getting to the bottom of.