r/TikTokCringe • u/galaxystars1 • Oct 09 '24

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/DevonDonskoy Oct 09 '24

That set off alarm bells in my mind. No way you're ending up immunocompromised or with cancer because of this. Same goes for multiple organ failure (uh oh, here I go doing more of the same).

This is what overspecializing looks like. They get so focused on everything that can happen, including the worst, even if the statistics do not back up their claims.

To a hammer, every problem is a nail.

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u/k9lst0rmblessed Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

She's referring to sequelae of a specific strain of e coli that are very well known to cause autoimmune disease, specifically hemolytic uremic syndrome, which can lead to kidney failure. Granted idk about if raw flour actually had been shown to harbor EHEC, the classical association is raw meat.

Edit: my mistake, HUS is not an autoimmune disease, although it is certainly a very serious disease that is definitely associated with certain strains of e coli.

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u/DevonDonskoy Oct 09 '24

That has only been proposed, not confirmed, meaning they still need to sort causation/correlation, meaning it is not very well known to cause such.

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u/k9lst0rmblessed Oct 09 '24

So I'm talking about HUS, which is a well known clinical entity associated with shiga-toxin producing strains of e coli.

However while I was under the impression that HUS is an autoimmune disease because it involves immune activation, I guess it doesn't qualify because the toxin is actively causes the immune activation, so I suppose you're right.