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Vaccinations have probably let the weaker and slower people survive.
by jlebrech 8y ago
Vaccinations have probably let the weaker and slower people survive.
- flukus 8y agoSome vaccines prevent diseases (like smallpox) that can disproportionately affect young and healthy people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_release_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine_release_syndrome > It is believed that cytokine storms were responsible for the disproportionate number of healthy young adult deaths during the 1918 influenza pandemic, which killed 50 to 100 million people.[12] In this case, a healthy immune system may have been a liability rather than an asset. Preliminary research results from Hong Kong also indicated this as the probable reason for many deaths during the SARS epidemic in 2003.[13] Human deaths from the bird flu H5N1 usually involve cytokine storms as well.[14] Cytokine storm has also been implicated in hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.