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Indian, living in India presently, who lived in the US for almost a decade. I can relate a strange experience: I was never severely bedridden by flu or viral fe
by sn41 6y ago
Indian, living in India presently, who lived in the US for almost a decade. I can relate a strange experience: I was never severely bedridden by flu or viral fever in India. I caught the flu during my stay in the US one February. I was so weak I could not even sit up in a chair for more than 15 minutes, I would doze off. I was in my bed for practically 5 days, was weak for a couple of weeks afterwards.
I am back in India for a decade, never had such an experience again.
As you say, genetics is definitely not the reason for immunity or lower death rates. But I wonder whether human immunity is much lower coming out of the winter. India does not have severe subzero celsius winter except in the hills.
- sdiq 6y agoCould this be related to your levels of Vitamin D. I am not a doctor but since this pandemic, I have read some articles that suggests that people with black/brown skin need a lot more exposure to the sun to get good levels of Vitamin D with the situation getting worse during winter. That coupled with your stay in a colder country could have been the reason.
- dogma1138 6y agoBecause you are likely more resilient to local strains. Getting a flu / cold or the "shits" when traveling is very common, many westerners that travel to india and suffer some gastric discomfort blame the food for no real reason (tho ghee can have a cleansing effect if you over eat it). India has quite high influenza mortality rates https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815659/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815659/