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Skeptix_907 t1_j5sapbg wrote

Reply to comment by Freedomartin in Epidemiological evidence that Alzheimer's and Parkinson's could be caused by viral infections. Around 81% of viruses were found to be neurotrophic, which indicates that they can attack the central nervous system (CNS) via peripheral nerves or by crossing the blood-brain barrier by Wagamaga

In a strict sense, you don't "prove" things in science. You can only support them or disprove them.

>I honestly thought this was agreed upon

I don't have any idea why you'd think that, since the research into the connection between infections and dementia is extremely new. The vast majority of the researchers who do this work, as far as I know, still subscribe to the amyloid/tau hypothesis.

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