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Measles can cause immune amnesia [1], which I find fascinating, and maybe somewhat obvious: our immune system has limited/fragile "memory". [1] https://asm.org
by nomel 1y ago
Measles can cause immune amnesia [1], which I find fascinating, and maybe somewhat obvious: our immune system has limited/fragile "memory".
[1] https://asm.org/articles/2019/may/measles-and-immune-amnesia https://asm.org/articles/2019/may/measles-and-immune-amnesia
- manwe150 1y agoApparently there is no known limit, so we could vaccinate for everything, repeatedly, without risking forgetting. Unlike getting the illness or antibiotic use, where there is limits and fragility as a possible result