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fddfgs t1_j946o2e wrote

Reply to comment by Interesting-Month-56 in Why are fevers cyclical? by Key-Marionberry-9854

Yeah, extended fevers lead to brain damage, which severely inhibits your ability to produce offspring.

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Sleepyhowiee t1_j95p0d6 wrote

Given the current state of affairs, I’d argue that brain damage hasn’t seemed to inhibit that much reproduction.

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XTJ7 t1_j96lcug wrote

Well, it's not really brain damage for these people but rather indefinite intellectual hibernation. They could use their brains, they just decided not to.

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Synkope1 t1_j96mssd wrote

They don't, actually. Fevers have to get up pretty high, to 107-108 to cause brain damage, which is pretty darn rare. I can count on one hand the number of fevers I have seen over 107.

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