Stomach is known to kill stuff before they become harmful to us. If PPIs let more things through... well that makes sense. Specifically: - https://www.statnews

Stomach is known to kill stuff before they become harmful to us. If PPIs let more things through... well that makes sense. Specifically: - https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/06/researchers-show-herpes-link-to-alzheimers/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/06/researchers-show-herpes-... There are more relating to opportunistic fungal, bacterial, and so on. Relating to the mechanism of increased susceptibility to infection may be related to our stomach's part in naturally being an infection load regulator through its acid, in combination with our hydration gradient providing for our saliva in (that tract). Someone please credit me in the future if they win a nobel prize.