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© The ConversationYour immune system makes its own antiviral drug − and it's likely one of the most ancient
By Neil Marsh ANN ARBOR, Mich©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Strangerland
Yes, it's why people historically lived so much longer than they do these days, right?
yoshisan88
Luckly people were much smarter or Smallpox would still exists today.
virusrex
that is demonstrably wrong, for every disease for which vaccines are in use the unvaccinated people do worse, that means natural immunity is not the rational option.
Not as safe as being immunized, not robust enough to be as protective at the time of the first infections and definitely not free of side effects, many deaths produced by infections are the product of immune reactions becoming pathological.
Redemption
Great article and very interesting.
Raw Beer
Yes, that is demonstrably very true. People are increasingly coming to understand this. Millions of years of evolution vs new chemicals sold by companies that have been convicted multiple times for falsifying data and bribing officials.
Raw Beer
Yeah, the AVERAGE life expectancy was historically lower, but that is mainly because of infant death (at birth or within the first few years of life).
Another reason for the higher life expectancy and a major contributor to the disappearance of smallpox are the great improvements in sanitation.
virusrex
When someone makes a false claim and offers no evidence there is nothing to research from the opposite side, the point is that there is no evidence to support that false claim.
For example you yourself have provided no evidence to support this claim, as expected since there is no such evidence. You just pretend there is.
Strangerland
GHE: Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy
https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/mortality-and-global-health-estimates/ghe-life-expectancy-and-healthy-life-expectancy#:~:text=Globally%2C%20life%20expectancy%20has%20increased,to%2073.4%20years%20in%202019.
Mocheake
Not agreeing or disagreeing but there are stories of people living to be hundreds of years old. Just as it's quite possible we are rediscovering old technology, this could be the case here too.
CuteUsagi
I listen to the doctors in my family. Medicine is good.
virusrex
The myths were always about individuals living impossibly long lives, not human populations, nor there is a possible way for people to live hundreds of years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longevity_myths