The doctor believed that the abnormality seen on his scans “was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” Kennedy said in the deposition.
Asked last week if any of Kennedy’s health issues could compromise his fitness for the presidency, Stefanie Spear, a spokesperson for the Kennedy campaign, told the Times, “That is a hilarious suggestion, given the competition.”
"Some tapeworm larvae can live in a human brain for years without causing problems. Others can wreak havoc, often when they start to die, which causes inflammation. The most common symptoms are seizures, headaches and dizziness.
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There are roughly 2,000 hospitalizations for the condition, known as neurocysticercosis, each year in the United States, according to the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Scott Gardner, curator of the Manter Laboratory for Parasitology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said once any worm is in a brain, cells calcify around it. “And you’re going to basically have almost like a tumor that’s there forever. It’s not going to go anywhere.”"
Several infectious disease experts and neurosurgeons said in separate interviews with the Times that, based on what Kennedy described, they believed it was likely a pork tapeworm larva.
TBH I'm worried about how the RFK Jr fans will shift to the GOP.
Trump and Biden are polling around 40%, RFK at around 10%, so Trump would have a definitive victory depending on where the RFK Voters flee to and how many if any crawl out of the woodwork for Biden.
55 Comments
Draegur@lemm.ee · 313 pts · 2y
literally had brainworms
which literally starved in his head
good grief you couldn't pay me to admit that shit
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 74 pts · 2y
This would all be so much funnier if I lived on a space station
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Good news!
Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
Good news everyone
FollyDolly@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Don't forget the mercury poisoning!
Linuturk@lemmy.world · 163 pts · 2y
Poor guy starved to death.
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 99 pts · 2y
Or fatal food poisoning.
unreachable@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y
"this one, unpalatable, even with chianti and flava beans." - Hannibal Lecter
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
*Flava Flav beans
Pretzilla@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
"Fava beans and a nice chianti"
mundane@feddit.nu · 129 pts · 2y
A 70 year old is the young guy? That's nuts
Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz · 59 pts · 2y
Well he does have Junior in his name
GBU_28@lemm.ee · -29 pts · 2y
Relative youth. Did you not read that word or not understand it?
Trump and Biden are even older. Which is insane on its own lol
mundane@feddit.nu · 25 pts · 2y
That's my point exactly. Everyone is so old that a 70 year old is considered young relative to the others.
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
He's still relatively old as fuck. If you can collect social security you shouldn't be running a country
GBU_28@lemm.ee · -3 pts · 2y
Relative to his competitors he is young, which we all agree is insane.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world · 121 pts · 2y
Poor thing probably starved to death.
loopedcandle@lemmynsfw.com · 16 pts · 2y
Top tier roast
skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 2y
RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 107 pts · 2y
That's hard to argue with tbh.
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com · 15 pts · 2y
Dead Worm for a brain Kennedy, shitting himself Traitor-Trump and I can't see anything wrong with Netanjahu Biden, what a party.
pivot_root@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2y
A senile traitor, an ethically-dubious dinosaur, and a man with a hole in his brain walk into a bar—sorry, did I say bar? I meant poll.
gmtom@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 2y
The weird thing was it wasn't even a parasitic worm, it was just a regular earth worm.
Kandorr@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 2y
He's got a lot on his mind..and, well, in it.
solo@kbin.earth · 39 pts · 2y
His brain is so toxic that the unfortunate worm died of poisoning.
jmiller@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
Maybe that was literally the case, he apparently had mercury poisoning at around the same time.
It's starting to sound like a retelling of the old lady who swallowed the fly.
Someone needs to invite /u/Poem_for_your_sprog to Lemmy.
holycrap@lemm.ee · 36 pts · 2y
The worm was dead. He's an idiot that thinks ivermectin cures covid. Fucker got lucky and accidentally treated his at the time undiagnosed brainworms.
anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 2y
holycrap@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
Oh interesting.
Pretzilla@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
The whole comment still flourishes as satire
Starkstruck@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Starkstruck@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
DarkThoughts@fedia.io · 32 pts · 2y
Well, that explains some things.
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y
Not even mind flayers want RFK Jr.
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de · 23 pts · 2y
A goa'uld?
tordenflesk@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
Indeed
Dasnap@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y
NegativeInf@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
Lmao
dullbananas@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 2y
"If that had been a properly FDA-inspected brain, that worm may not have died." - someone's youtube comment
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
user1234@lemmynsfw.com · 10 pts · 2y
That wasn't a worm in his brain. That WAS his brain.
archomrade@midwest.social · 9 pts · 2y
Oh my god brainworms are real
lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
Reasons not to eat meat omg.
"Some tapeworm larvae can live in a human brain for years without causing problems. Others can wreak havoc, often when they start to die, which causes inflammation. The most common symptoms are seizures, headaches and dizziness. ADVERTISEMENT
There are roughly 2,000 hospitalizations for the condition, known as neurocysticercosis, each year in the United States, according to the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Scott Gardner, curator of the Manter Laboratory for Parasitology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said once any worm is in a brain, cells calcify around it. “And you’re going to basically have almost like a tumor that’s there forever. It’s not going to go anywhere.”"
JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y
Did you shout ADVERTISEMENT in the middle of your comment?
intensely_human@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y
Yeah I’m not so sure about BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE this brain worm stuff.
bitchkat@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
More like the found a parasitic RFK on a tapeworm.
CarCdrCons@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
You can only get a tapeworm eating pork
ivanafterall@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
That makes so much sense.
fritobugger2017@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
That explains a lot.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
He is the Mezcal of candidates.
samus12345@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
The worm in my brain makes me think that the documents I've been forging have led to many deaths. But I know that's just silly.
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 2y
why doesn't that include the ending
samus12345@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I don't know, but here's the full episode.
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org · 2 pts · 2y
(I've seen it already lol)
kikutwo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
That explains SOME of the things.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Anyone seen Kahn lurking around?
xc2215x@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
A very strange place for one.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2y
TBH I'm worried about how the RFK Jr fans will shift to the GOP.
Trump and Biden are polling around 40%, RFK at around 10%, so Trump would have a definitive victory depending on where the RFK Voters flee to and how many if any crawl out of the woodwork for Biden.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Iron Man is looking real rough