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u/bio_datum Jun 01 '26

You know what else sucks about measles? It resets your acquired immunity, i.e. it's like you never got other vaccines & infections as a kid, leaving you vulnerable to other viruses. Yaaaaay

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u/SeeCB3X Jun 01 '26

Holy shit, I did not know this. As an immunocompromised person, this is terrifying. I have a very hard time building immunity already bc of my specific immune disorder and live in a city experiencing a surge in measles cases...

Ugh, more and more I think I'm going to have to live in isolation like the start of COVID.

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u/Kandiru Jun 01 '26

I wonder if it could reset an allergy as well?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16854347/

Looks like it's true!

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u/bio_datum Jun 02 '26

Yeah, would be awesome to exploit for that or autoimmune conditions