Talk:Don't Blame My Cats/@comment-25105261-20140627003501/@comment-24390414-20140628061924

Thank you so much for the high praise. I agree that there implications beyond this story that are quite frightening. I am in "real life" a Ph.D. microbiologist in research. I do think there is an actual causative relationship between mental health issues and T. gondii infection (aka cat ownership). I'm also wondering if there is a potential link to autism and also possibly obesity. Given the high rates of cat ownership (at least in the US) and the startling increases in autism diagnosis and obesity it seems there could be a link. Of course correlation does not equal causation. It could just be a coincidence.