Of all the strange and things to have happened in 2023, 'cooties are real' was perhaps the most unpredictable.

Huh? Cooties are real.

> Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).

Basically a child like name for STIs.

wow co-evolution is really crazy. Toxoplasmosis gondii is also weird - it can cause infected mice to increase risk taking, being eaten more easily by cats and propagating the disease.

it makes mice sexually attracted to cat urine too, and alters sexual behavior in all mammals including hyena's.

The implications are beyond horrifying

So syphilis could make you more pretty and witty?