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Although NETs help defend against infection, producing too many of them can be harmful.

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A disease is said to be controlled when public health interventions such as routine childhood vaccinations significantly lower the rate of new infections.

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Drug misuse, chemical exposure, autoimmune diseases and infections are among the conditions that can cause a perforated septum.

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Now, with Tucker Carlson’s infamous interview of Nick Fuentes, the parallel infection on the right has broken out in public.

"They told me my recovery had been incredible. After the surgery, the doctors confessed how worried they had been about an infection, because being on my face, it was a direct path to the brain."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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