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Even worse, it used to be more common, but they still aren’t sure what causes it.
One more reason to not read it. knowing the symptoms would make me paranoid.
Since i knew that you can literally get the botox producing botulinum from badly preserved food I am always scared to eat jam or anything pickled.
I feel like 100 years from now, people are going to laugh at us for COVID and (hopefully which implies a cure was discovered) cancer.