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[–] [email protected] 60 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

BTW, human tissue might not be targeted by a bacteriophage virus, but our gut is filled with beneficial bacteria. This is why people get the runs from antibiotica and why there's shit transplants.

Most viruses are probably not surviving the acid bath that is our stomach, though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Just read an article that was basically saying we should consider all gut flora frenemies now. If you don’t eat enough fiber even the “good” kinds that help your body process it will go for your mucus lining, breach the cell barrier and enter the bloodstream. This causes inflammation and may also accelerate aging. Neat.

TLDR; eat fiber and don’t get old.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

TLDR; eat fiber and don’t get old.

Or don't eat fiber and don't get old as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

A creator I enjoy is currently eating capsules of shit to fix his gut bacterium

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Better hope it never pops open in your mouth

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

If we ever get acid resistant viruses, that is how humanity goes out

[–] [email protected] 17 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Those exist.

There's even bacteria that can live in stomach acid and cause terrible issues. Like helicopter

Edit: I'm keeping that typo lmao

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah but what is it supposed to be?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Yeah can't just leave it on that cliffhanger

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Helicobacter, like Helicobacter pylori which causes ulcers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Which was proven to cause ulcers by an abrasive scientist drinking a culture and getting them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

Honestly 'the helicopter virus' sounds like something from a terrifying sci-fi