Not lost on me that despite being a rare disease I know five people that have had guillain barre syndrome[1]. And I know about ten people who appear to have som

Not lost on me that despite being a rare disease I know five people that have had guillain barre syndrome[1]. And I know about ten people who appear to have some sort of chronic malaise. I suspicious those are the result of viral infections. There is also the minority opinion that some forms of dementia are due latent viral infections. [1] You don't guillain barre syndrome takes years to recover and is absolutely traumatic.