The common virus that can wipe away your memories

Imagine waking up one morning and you've forgotten everything about yourself You don't recognise your face you don't know your family you can't even remember your own name That's what happened to Nicole Caird and Claire Robertson Every few minutes their minds wipe clean stealing every scrap of memory from the birth of their children to the reason they're sitting in front of a television camera And what is especially alarming is that the culprit is a virus that most of us have lurking in our bodies

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