So is free will a myth, not because of some divine plan, but because everything we do is done at the behest of our microscopic masters? might want to get tested. And everyone should take a few simple precautions against infection. This does not include getting rid of your cat. Numerous studies have concluded that living with a cat is not a significant risk factor. You’re more likely to acquire toxoplasmosis from undercooked meat, unwashed vegetables or non-purified water. Infected cats shed the parasite only once in their life, for one to three weeks, usually when they’re young and learning to hunt. So if you have a young indoor/outdoor cat, keep tables and countertops clean and use a long-handled scooper when you clean the litter box. If you’re pregnant or immunosuppressed, have someone else clean it. Even if you don’t have a cat, you should wear gloves when you garden, wash produce and sterilize cutting boards. And don’t eat rare meat. Especially in Paris.
Our parasite overlords What’s most fascinating about toxoplasmosis is that it opens the door to so many profound questions. Are you the one driving the car, choosing a mate and deciding whether or not to go out on Friday night—or is it T gondii? How much of what we do is really controlled by other creatures? It’s been noted that people newly infected with the flu have an increased desire to socialize, and those in the early stages of a herpes outbreak and the end stages of AIDS and syphilis intensely crave sex. Clearly, the viruses are calling the shots there, prodding their hosts to seek their own replacements. So is free will truly a myth, not because of some divine plan, but because everything we do is done at the behest of our microscopic masters? I don't know, but the idea kinda turns me on. u Diane Olson wrote the Urban Almanac column in CATALYST for 17 years. She is the author of A Nature Lover’s Almanac: Kinky Bugs, Stealthy Critters, Prosperous Plants and Celestial Wonders (2012, Gibbs Smith, Publisher).
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