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you dont get antibodies against viruses just by thinking you have them.

• tux3 2y ago
  Even if this is obviously true, that does nothing to support the original statement. That's a whole different claim that you had to fall back to. Which is a motte-and-bailey type of argument.
  • ekianjo 2y ago
    if the placebo effect only works for a minority of ailments then its probably something else like you know, regression to the mean
• alexey-salmin 2y ago
  And yet such thinking can in some cases increase your chances of surviving the viral infection. That's the placebo effect.
  • ekianjo 2y ago
    where did you see something like that?