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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Naaah… I say we let those morons measel the ever-loving shit out of one another. But let them do it on an island somewhere in the middle of the Sea of Tranquility.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not getting sick is what BIG PHARMA wants you to do!

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[–] Forestial@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Fuck Texas, its politicians and its stupid parents.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

i mean i'm not stupid enough to try this, but measles has an potential immune system reset component to it, right? could it possibly be beneficial to people with autoimmune diseases to catch the measles and reset their autoimmune response, and hopefully be able to avoid their triggers in the future?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Probably not, there no telling what your immune system will do with autoimmune disease and an infection. Also viruses and bacteria are known to trigger autoimmune diseases. Strep A can trigger arthritis, flu. Some parasites are known to modulate immune system so it less autoimmune attacks, but it's not approved, since parasites are unpredictable. I believe there's studies between hookworms and allergies or certain autoimmune, but same cannot be said for parasite like ascaris, which will trigger asthma . It's also important to know parasites have to be alive, they secrete some kind of chemical so your immune system doesn't attack it, hence why it also is a correlation between autoimmune diseases. But when a parasite dies your immune system can go into overdrivem

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