What if our approach to viruses is basically-wrong? I grew up before children were vaccinated against chicken pox. When I was about 5-6 years old, I had a case

What if our approach to viruses is basically-wrong? I grew up before children were vaccinated against chicken pox. When I was about 5-6 years old, I had a case... Mom counted 12 pox, which was enough to assume that I'd be immune for the rest of my life. Some children are covered with chickenpox... Heard a story of someone who scratched their eye out. The mother of six children told me her oldest had a horrible case, but her subsequent children each had a less-severe case than the previous. One theory is that winter diseases stem from decreased sunlight... Less ultraviolet light -> less vitamin D. Red light is also important. A few years ago there was an outbreak of chickenpox amongst some baseball players who came from Central America, where chickenpox is not a problem. On account of my experience with chickenpox, and the institution of mass vaccination of children & adults against the horrible chickenpox virus (99.99% survivable)... Shouldn't we be looking at what makes people vulnerable to colds? Virus exposure might not actually be important. From the article: > In 1984, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison decided to investigate one of the best-known ways of catching a cold. They infected volunteers with a cold virus and instructed them to kiss healthy test subjects on the mouth for at least one minute. (The instruction for participants was to use whichever technique was “most natural”.) Sixteen healthy volunteers were kissed by people with colds. The result: just one confirmed infection. (emphasis added) I heard of an investigation in Central America that found providing clean water, outhouses, and basic nutrients was the most important public health intervention that could be done for a village.