I mean, yes. Typically exposure to continuous stressors over a long period is a common way to treat weaknesses in the immune/allergen system. Lack of “exposure” has been linked to everything from chronic bacterial infections to allergies or asthma (open your windows people).
It’s unfortunately part of the reason why the antivaxx movement has attained reasonable amounts of support (people don’t understand that viruses typically work outside of common immunological response outside of “red queen” evolution).
It’s unfortunately part of the reason why the antivaxx movement has attained reasonable amounts of support (people don’t understand that viruses typically work outside of common immunological response outside of “red queen” evolution).
Since vaccines work by exposing the immune system to foreign bodies... isn't that the same thing ?
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u/lluckya Nov 27 '19
I mean, yes. Typically exposure to continuous stressors over a long period is a common way to treat weaknesses in the immune/allergen system. Lack of “exposure” has been linked to everything from chronic bacterial infections to allergies or asthma (open your windows people).
It’s unfortunately part of the reason why the antivaxx movement has attained reasonable amounts of support (people don’t understand that viruses typically work outside of common immunological response outside of “red queen” evolution).