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> For a recent example look at Ebola. Many people simply can't get it because they are too healthy. I can't start to grasp how wrong is this claim
by Oletros 12y ago
> For a recent example look at Ebola. Many people simply can't get it because they are too healthy.
I can't start to grasp how wrong is this claim
- 13years 12y agoAlthough that claim is a bit simplistic, it is not without claim. You might start here http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2961839-0/abstract http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-67... If humans or any living thing didn't have the ability to fight off disease life wouldn't exist. The degree to which anything can fight off an illness is a combination of genetics and environment which includes its overall health status.