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Mouse Study Suggests Nose-Picking Has a Surprising Link with Alzheimer's
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> It was demonstrated that in mice, the bacteria could travel up the olfactory nerve (joining the nasal cavity and the brain).
SARS-CoV-2 does this as well. That’s why it causes anosmia and brain fog, oftentimes permanently.