"They've figured out, over thousands of years, how to remain hidden in our bodies."
"Prolonged inflammation, if it's not resolved, is not good."
"There's quite a lot of evidence, just in general, that if you've been hospitalised with a severe infection, then that's related to increased dementia incidence down the track."
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