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aaa_aaa | 10 days ago

I bet my money on the immune system any day.

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thomquaid|10 days ago

Hard to beat a half million years of evolution with a nasal spray from last year.

javascriptfan69|10 days ago

You don't have to bet money on it.

You can just stop taking antibiotics and vaccines.

Those are way more interesting odds.

wizzwizz4|10 days ago

(Most) vaccines work by letting your immune system know to watch out for particular things. That's an information advantage. Likewise, antibiotics are chemical agents that the body lacks the genes to synthesise. Betting that the immune system's parameters are generally well-calibrated is entirely compatible with taking antibiotics and vaccines, where indicated.

You wouldn't want to get vaccinated for smallpox in the middle of a plague epidemic, because that would waste your immune system's resources on an extinct-in-the-wild disease, when it really needs to be gearing up to stop the plague killing you.