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due to toxoplasmosis?
by achenet 3y ago
due to toxoplasmosis?
- WarOnPrivacy 3y agoI would assume the parent meant toxo but it's a weird segue. To my knowledge, toxo doesn't distinctly impact what's under study here.
- bertil 3y agoBeing infected with toxoplasmosis could be an interesting thing to control for, for all subjects, but their samples are already relatively small, so I am not sure any observation would be significant…
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- Qem 3y agoPotential for correlation here. Just anecdata, but childless people very often have pets instead, at least taking the sample of people I know. So perhaps pet (and so cat) ownership and long term birth control are correlated to some degree.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y agoParents with newborns aren't looking for something else to care for. When the kids get older, the pets reappear right where they were.
- rjsw 3y agoThere has been research done that suggested that infection with toxoplasmosis affects perception of risk.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y agoBeing raised with neglect or abuse is one of the many, many factors that can influence risk perception. Toxo seems like small fish in that big pond.