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The headline is the opposite of the truth: it is now stronger than ever. By the logic of a headline, a person cured of a disease is weaker afterward.

• pas 3y ago
  going through a long sickness usually leaves one weaker afterward, even if one is cured, no? and in some cases there might be a slight upside in acquiring a certain degree of protection from future illnesses from that disease through various immunity mechanisms (which are of course far from perfect).
  • Filligree 3y ago
    Okay, yes, that's one way the analogy breaks down.
  • eslaught 3y ago
    It's more like you always had a disease and just didn't know it. Celiac comes to mind as a common example. I know people who improved a lot once they got diagnosed, and just never realized the symptoms meant anything before that.
    • pas 3y ago
      yep, but that's not curable (yet!)