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> It is briefly mentioned when he is talking about his “workaholism” You'll have to timestamp or quote it because I don't see it. I have searched the subtitles

> It is briefly mentioned when he is talking about his “workaholism” You'll have to timestamp or quote it because I don't see it. I have searched the subtitles. No relevant mention of sick, ill, flu, work etc.

thenerdhead 3y ago
Sorry I don’t have time right now. Perhaps I misremembered, but thought he said he would often sleep off illness in the car when the driver would take him to and from gigs when he was a teen. I trust you looked.
- Fluorescence 3y ago
  He talks about working two jobs but this was during Family Ties & Back to the Future, 6 years before his symptoms. He describes sleeping in the car but no mention of illness. At best it's "can't be good can it?" and "confused about which set I was on" but no mention of sickness. Were this to be a cause, and I don't there is any evidence to suggest it is but I feel the doc wishes to insinuate so, it would be a stress/sleep/overwork type risk factor. I would note the irony that you bemoan people for not believing something when the evidence you cite isn't there - it suggests more caution is required! From my own reading, that sums up the topic: people are open to viral theories but the proof just isn't there yet so believing it is premature. Parkinson's remains poorly understood in both mechanism and cause. It is said to be "a combination of genetic and environmental factors which might include pesticides and head injury". I imagine post-viral consequences could fit within head-injury type risk factors but we are not at a position to make statements of fact about such things.
  - thenerdhead 3y ago
    Here's two studies. Thanks for the feedback. I choose to bemoan those who deny it completely and will continue to do so. Not those who keep an open mind. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22753266/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22753266/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2785029 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2...

thenerdhead 3y ago

Sorry I don’t have time right now. Perhaps I misremembered, but thought he said he would often sleep off illness in the car when the driver would take him to and from gigs when he was a teen. I trust you looked.

Fluorescence 3y ago
He talks about working two jobs but this was during Family Ties & Back to the Future, 6 years before his symptoms. He describes sleeping in the car but no mention of illness. At best it's "can't be good can it?" and "confused about which set I was on" but no mention of sickness. Were this to be a cause, and I don't there is any evidence to suggest it is but I feel the doc wishes to insinuate so, it would be a stress/sleep/overwork type risk factor. I would note the irony that you bemoan people for not believing something when the evidence you cite isn't there - it suggests more caution is required! From my own reading, that sums up the topic: people are open to viral theories but the proof just isn't there yet so believing it is premature. Parkinson's remains poorly understood in both mechanism and cause. It is said to be "a combination of genetic and environmental factors which might include pesticides and head injury". I imagine post-viral consequences could fit within head-injury type risk factors but we are not at a position to make statements of fact about such things.
- thenerdhead 3y ago
  Here's two studies. Thanks for the feedback. I choose to bemoan those who deny it completely and will continue to do so. Not those who keep an open mind. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22753266/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22753266/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2785029 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2...