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It mentions HSV-1 (and neurodegenerative diseases), EBV (and mono), Toxoplasma gondii (and excessive risk taking or anxiety), Trich (and infertility), cytomegalovirus and Heliobacter Pylori (and anxiety), the Borna virus (and apparent bipolar disorder), and Vitamin D (which supposedly reduces these effects).

It links to published studies on each of these links.

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Many viruses have been linked to singular inflammatory diseases, making it hard to attribute any one virus to a specific disease.

Coxsackievirus B4, Herpesvirus 6, Enteroviruses, and Cytomegalovirus have all been linked to type 1 diabetes and pancreatic failure.

EBV, however, has been identified as a strong precursor for MS. Due to difficulty in conducting studies on viruses, research in this area has been limited, but recent interest in auto-immune disorders caused by COVID has led to renewed funding.

mRNA-based vaccines are also being tested for auto-immune diseases thought to have viral causes.

HSV 1 is neurodegnerative? First I heard of that, and considering that it affects the majority of the population whether they know it or not, I find this to be quite unlikely to be a serious problem.

Look at the “Alzheimer’s disease” section of the Wikipedia article on HSV-1:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus

You have to understand that this virus lays dormant in your spine before re-emerging up to years later as another outbreak in the skin. It's the same with herpes zoster (chickenpox) re-emerging years later when your immune system has its guard down in middle to old age as shingles.

Its most severe central neurological manifestation is herpes encephalitis.

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