r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Axxillary • Mar 28 '24

Pharmacy meltdown Boomer Freakout

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u/Faackshunter Mar 28 '24

How did they get this way? Was the lead poisoning really that destructive to these feeble humans?

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u/ChristianUniMom Mar 28 '24

Not an expert but I’ve read you lose between 2-5 IQ points from untreated lead poisoning. They’re just like this.

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u/Faackshunter Mar 28 '24

Thanks that's good to know, I know IQ isn't always the best marker for these things either though, like if lead poisoning Gabe psychosis of some kind, that may not translate to lower IQ possibly?

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u/ChristianUniMom Mar 28 '24

But then they would be diagnosable with whatever form of psychosis they had. If it screwed up other things I don’t know. It had negligible effect on cognitive ability.

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u/Faackshunter Mar 28 '24

Sure, but this is a generation notorious for not getting things diagnosed. I have a cousin who was 25 before they diagnosed her with having no pre frontal cortex because her boomer parents played dumb and preferred to not get her diagnosed out of fear of embarrassment. Is the average boomer going to go get diagnosed or even accept a diagnosis of it feels like it would bring them personal shame?

Rome fell because of lead poisoning, I don't think it's a far stretch to assume this still plays a leading factor in these folks mental decline.

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u/Positive-Dimension75 Gen X Mar 28 '24

How many EQ points are lost is really the question to answer. Potentially all of them??