Your brain is already eating itself and you had no idea
Whaddya at, b'y — this is St. John's, oldest city in North America, and we're still here. Let's go.
Alright, so I'm sitting here, having my cuppa, looking out over da Narrows, and I read dis ting dat nearly made me drop me mug right on da kitchen floor. You know dat feelin' when you read something so wild, so completely out of left field, you gotta go back and read it again just to make sure you're not seeing things? Well, b'y, dis is it. Turns out, dere's a brain-eating virus, right, and not only have you probably never heard of it, but chances are you're already infected. No, seriously!
### What in da Name of Holy Smokes is Going On?
Now, before you go runnin' screaming down Water Street thinkin' da sky is fallin', let's get dis straight. For ages, da smart fellas thought dis fatal brain infection, caused by someting called da JC virus, only really hit people wit' profound immune suppression, like folks goin' through chemotherapy or wit' HIV. Makes sense, right? Your body's defenses are down, and dis sneaky virus moves in for da kill. But da new research is sayin' "hold on dere, b'y," and it's a bit more widespread dan dat.
* Dey're findin' evidence dat dis virus, da JC virus, is much more common in da general population dan previously thought.
* It causes a progressive, often fatal brain infection called progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
* Da real kicker? Many of us could be carryin' it around wit' no symptoms, like a quiet little stowaway.
I'll tell ya one thing, b'y, if dere was a brain-eating virus runnin' rampant on George Street, we'd probably blame it on da screech-ins. We'd have a good laugh, and den someone would probably write a song about it. But seriously, dis is one of dose tings dat makes ya stop and think. We've got da ocean right here, full of all sorts of mysterious creatures, but da real weirdness is apparently inside our own heads! Makes you wonder what else is goin' on dat we don't even know about, eh? We're so busy lookin' at da icebergs, we forget to look inside.
Keith and da crew are probably havin' a grand chat about dis right now — you should listen in at mornings.live.