Pandemic going on for 1,000s of years

There's a virus that has been spreading the world for 1,000s of years.  A much slower spread than what most people consider when thinking of a pandemic and it kills far fewer people too.  It's not a biological virus, although, it does pretend to be a normal part of you like a biological virus does.  Around 1/6th of the world's population is infected.

There IS a cure for this virus!  It's simply education.  However, like your immune system, your brain has to be trained to see the virus as a problem and not a normal & healthy part.  This would be dealing with something called cognitive dissonance.

To deal with cognitive dissonance, you have to open your mind to the possibility that you are infected.  This is a mind virus, soooo, the virus does not want you to see it!

If I tell you right away the name of the virus, your brain will immediately reject the idea that you have it and you will likely stop reading any further.

It is unknown exactly how this virus got started as it started before written history.  There are many theories like:

- Marking slaves, much like cattle are branded.

- Attempts to control people by removing part of the body that drives particular behavior (at least it was believed to).

There are also documented reasons like:

- Marking a religious group to be distinct from the rest of the world.

- Marking individuals as ones who have reached a certain age (a rite of passage).

- Marking a wealthy/powerful group to set themselves apart from those who are not wealthy/powerful.

- Theories about addressing specific health issues.

Luckily technology has improved our ability to spread this education and hopefully eradicate the virus.  This virus has become such a part of the identities of some individuals as well as the identities of entire groups of people that it is dangerous for some to attempt to eradicate this virus.  Doing so may be more risky to one's health than to let the virus continue to spread and move from one generation to the next.  However, if one cares deeply about the future of the next generation, one will do so.

IF you are committed to eradicating this virus and willing to work through your own cognitive dissonance, scroll down to the bottom of this.

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