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Then what about the cases with which you were born? What is the definition of normal then? If I inherited some form of respiratory condition at birth which per

Then what about the cases with which you were born? What is the definition of normal then? If I inherited some form of respiratory condition at birth which persists as an illness, living with it is maintaining the status-quo; yet it is very much an illness. There is no loss of function per se, it was simply never there.

InitialLastName 8y ago
Status quo applies relative to one's peers as well as oneself. If most humans could fly, those that couldn't, whether as an acquired or congenital trait, would have an illness.