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The irony of this particular situation is that measles basically clears your immune system's memory, so any "my body will learn how to fight it" arguments are g
by uoaei 3y ago
The irony of this particular situation is that measles basically clears your immune system's memory, so any "my body will learn how to fight it" arguments are going to be painfully and probably fatally disproven.
If you're just going to get one vaccine, it should probably be the MMR.
- someotherperson 3y ago> The irony of this particular situation is that measles basically clears your immune system's memory More information on this? Wouldn't this make getting measles a bruteforce fix for autoimmune diseases?
- calyth2018 3y agoLiterally closing paragraph of the article: The virus can also destroy immune responses to previous infections—a phenomenon known as "immune amnesia"—which can leave children vulnerable to various other infections for years afterward. There's a link in the article.